Re: query to find duplicate rows

2006-09-13 Thread Chris
Philip Hallstrom wrote: Philip Hallstrom wrote: Hi all, a though query problem for me... I have a table with 2 rows that matter: url and id If url and id are the same in 2 rows, then that's no good (bad data). I need to find all the rows that are duplicates. I can't think of how to approach t

Re: query to find duplicate rows

2006-09-13 Thread Brent Baisley
You should always have a field that is a unique id for the record (i.e. autoincrement). It makes it easier for differentiating and deleting duplicates if needed. This query only works if you have a unique id field and it will only delete one duplicate record at a time. So if you have 4 records th

Re: query to find duplicate rows

2006-09-13 Thread Philip Hallstrom
Philip Hallstrom wrote: Hi all, a though query problem for me... I have a table with 2 rows that matter: url and id If url and id are the same in 2 rows, then that's no good (bad data). I need to find all the rows that are duplicates. I can't think of how to approach the sql for this.. any poi

Re: query to find duplicate rows

2006-09-13 Thread Chris
Philip Hallstrom wrote: Hi all, a though query problem for me... I have a table with 2 rows that matter: url and id If url and id are the same in 2 rows, then that's no good (bad data). I need to find all the rows that are duplicates. I can't think of how to approach the sql for this.. any poi

Re: query to find duplicate rows

2006-09-12 Thread Philip Hallstrom
Hi all, a though query problem for me... I have a table with 2 rows that matter: url and id If url and id are the same in 2 rows, then that's no good (bad data). I need to find all the rows that are duplicates. I can't think of how to approach the sql for this.. any pointers? Select COUNT(*)

Re: query to find duplicate rows

2006-09-12 Thread Steve Musumeche
Select COUNT(*) as num_entries, url from table WHERE num_entries>1 GROUP BY url Untested, but the concept should work for you. Steve Musumeche CIO, Internet Retail Connection [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peter Van Dijck wrote: Hi all, a though query problem for me... I have a table with 2 rows that m