how to delete duplicates in mysql using case

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Published on 2010-03-18T10:28:59Z Indexed on 2010/03/18 10:31 UTC
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Right now I am using something like this to delete duplicates in mysql table :

delete t2 from my_table1 as t1, my_table1 as t2 where
t1.TestCase = t2.TestCase and t2.id > t1.id;

say I have a structure like this :

ID  TestCAse Result  
1   T1       PASS
2   T2       FAIL
3   T3       FAIL
4   T3       PASS

now, in the above case T3 is duplicate entry, and if I use the SQL that I mentioned above, it would delete 4th row where the result is PASS, but this is the row that I want to keep and I want row 3 to get deleted which is FAIL.

Any help please?

Thank you.

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