sql - How to return only 1 row if multiple duplicate rows and still return rows that are not duplicates?

Question

I have a temptable that looks like this:

RequestID   | CreatedDate          | HistoryStatus           
CF-0000001  | 8/26/2009 1:07:01 PM | For Review   
CF-0000001  | 8/26/2009 1:07:01 PM | Completed  
CF-0000112  | 8/26/2009 1:07:01 PM | For Review   
CF-0000113  | 8/26/2009 1:07:01 PM | For Review  
CF-0000114  | 8/26/2009 1:07:01 PM | Completed  
CF-0000115  | 8/26/2009 1:07:01 PM | Completed   

And how I'd like the table to look at the end is like this:

RequestID   | CreatedDate          | HistoryStatus           
CF-0000001  | 8/26/2009 1:07:01 PM | Completed  
CF-0000112  | 8/26/2009 1:07:01 PM | For Review  
CF-0000113  | 8/26/2009 1:07:01 PM | For Review  
CF-0000114  | 8/26/2009 1:07:01 PM | Completed  
CF-0000115  | 8/26/2009 1:07:01 PM | Completed

I.e. the duplicate CF-0000001 should be removed.

How can I return or should i say choose only ONE row if there are multiple duplicate rows and still return rows that are not duplicates?

Answer 1

Try this if you want to display one of duplicate rows based on RequestID and CreatedDate and show the latest HistoryStatus.

with t as (select row_number()over(partition by RequestID,CreatedDate order by RequestID) as rnum,* from tbltmp)
Select RequestID,CreatedDate,HistoryStatus from t a where  rnum in (SELECT Max(rnum) FROM t GROUP BY RequestID,CreatedDate having t.RequestID=a.RequestID)

or if you want to select one of duplicate rows considering CreatedDate only and show the latest HistoryStatus then try the query below.

with t as (select row_number()over(partition by CreatedDate order by RequestID) as rnum,* from tbltmp)
Select RequestID,CreatedDate,HistoryStatus from t  where  rnum = (SELECT Max(rnum) FROM t)

Or if you want to select one of duplicate rows considering Request ID only and show the latest HistoryStatus then use the query below

with t as (select row_number()over(partition by RequestID order by RequestID) as rnum,* from tbltmp)
Select RequestID,CreatedDate,HistoryStatus from t a where  rnum in (SELECT Max(rnum) FROM t GROUP BY RequestID,CreatedDate having t.RequestID=a.RequestID)

All the above queries I have written in sql server 2005.