Transact SQL :: Find All Duplicate Entries In Table
Jun 11, 2015
Someone ran an update statement multiple times so their are multiple entries in the table. What is the quickest way to track down the multiple entries? I would only want to see where timein and timeoff exist in the table multiple times for the same id. So this would be a duplicate
EntryID -- ID -- timein -- timeoff
1487 11 2015-05-05 16:33:23 2015-05-05 18:45:26
1623 11 2015-05-05 16:33:23 2015-05-05 18:45:26
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Sep 11, 2014
i have a table like below
create table staff_attendance
(
attendance_id int,
attendace_date datetime,
staff_id int,
working_year int,
hours int
)
values like
1 2014-06-30 00:00:00.0ST10121
2 2014-06-30 00:00:00.0ST10122
3 2014-06-30 00:00:00.0ST10122 ----same entry like previous one
4 2014-07-01 00:00:00.0ST10121
5 2014-07-01 00:00:00.0ST10122
6 2014-07-02 00:00:00.0ST10121
7 2014-07-02 00:00:00.0ST10122
8 2014-06-30 00:00:00.0ST10221
9 2014-06-30 00:00:00.0ST10222
10 2014-07-01 00:00:00.0ST1022 1
11 2014-07-01 00:00:00.0ST102 22
12 2014-07-02 00:00:00.0ST102 21
13 2014-07-02 00:00:00.0ST102 22
I Need to find the duplicate rows like same entries which is having more than 1 rows.... how do i find?
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Sep 20, 2007
Hi! I am joining 3 tables in SQL , I am getting the results I want exept it's duplicated. So the resultinmg table fom my stored procedure has 3 rows that have the same bulletin. How do I filter the storedprocedure to output only the rows that don't have duplicate entries for the column 'Bulletin' Thanks.
Here is my stored procedure:PROCEDURE [dbo].[spGetCompBulletins]
@Userid uniqueidentifier OUTPUT,@DisplayName varchar(200)
AS
SELECT *
FROM dbo.UserProfile INNER JOIN
dbo.bulletins ON dbo.UserProfile.UserId = dbo.bulletins.Userid INNER JOINdbo.Associations ON dbo.Associations.BusinessID = dbo.bulletins.Userid WHERE UserProfile.DisplayName=@DisplayName
and Userprofile.Userid = @Userid ORDER BY Bulletins.Bulletin_Date
Return
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Nov 11, 2003
I have an ASP.Net Web appplication with a Back-End SQL DB. There are 3 Tables; Users, Groups, and GroupMember.
The GroupMember table is used to link Users to Groups and consists of just two fields; userID and GroupID.
Here is a sample of some data:
User1 Group1
User1 Group2
User2 Group2
User3 Group1
User3 Group3
Users can belong to multiple Groups. However, you shouldn't be able to have the same user and group comobination more than once. for example:
User1 Group1
User2 Group2
User1 Group1
I can stop this kind of duplicate data entry by doing a lookup first (using asp.net) to see if the entry already exists but this seems cumbersome.
Is there a simpler way to prevent duplicate entries in a table using sql?
Thanks a lot,
Chris
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Sep 18, 2007
Hi,
I have a table with no primary key and i just want to see all the duplicate entries on the basis of two columns. Can anyone suggest me how should i go about it.
Can anyone provide me the syntax for the same?
I have only 1 table say ISSR_TBL and two columns using which i want to delete the duplicate ones. i.e. MIN and MAX.
Please help me out...
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Jun 12, 2014
I got error while updating a table ,duplicate entries and trigger got fired ..so how to debug the trigger to know duplicate record.
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Sep 3, 2007
I am using Sql Server 2000.
I have a customer table with fields - CustId, Name, Address, City, StdCode, Phone.
I used to insert entries in this table from an excel file.
One excel file will contain thousands of customer.
In this table combination of StdCode and Phone should not be repeated.
If I do it in my VB.Net coding.then application gets drastically slow.
So I want to write a procedure or trigger for this.
Here what I will do, I will send all records into database then this trigger or procedure will check for
any existing entry of combination of StdCode and phone. If entry exists then this will delete new entry
or will not allow this new entry.
Is this possible to do using Trigger or stored procedure?
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Sep 12, 2014
I am trying to find books which have the same title and publisher name as at least two other books and need to also show the book ref (ISBN number). I have the below script so far:
SELECT isbn, title, publishername
FROM book
WHERE title in (SELECT title
FROM book
GROUP BY title
HAVING count(title)>2 or count(publishername)>2)
order by title;
This is a snap shot of the output:
ISBN Title Publishername
0-1311804-3-6 C Prentice Hall
* 0-0788132-1-2 C OSBORNE MCGRAW-HILL
* 0-0788153-8-X C OSBORNE MCGRAW-HILL
* 0-9435183-3-4 C Database Development MIS
* 1-5582806-2-6 C Database Development MIS
[Code] ....
What I should be seeing is only the ones I have put an * next to. What am I missing from the scrip?
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Oct 5, 2007
Hello friends,
I have a one problem, i have a table in that some reocrds are duplicate.i want to find which records are duplicate.
for exp. my table is as follows
emp_id emp_name
1 aa
2 bb
3 cc
1 aa
3 cc
3 cc
and i want the result is like
emp_id emp_name
1 aa
1 aa
3 cc
3 cc
3 cc
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Mar 28, 2006
I'm extracting data from a log (log_history) of patients where nurses perform various actions on a call, such as assessing and reassessing, despatching etc. This is the script:
Select
L.URN,
LH.THE_TIMESTAMP,
LH.ACTION_TYPE,
LH.ACTION_BY,
LH.ACTION_REQD,
LH.NOTE,
em.position_type_ref
From
LOG L
Join Log_history LH on (L.URN = LH.LOG_URN)
left outer join employee em on (em.code = LH.action_by)
Where
(L.Taken_at >= :DateFrom and L.Taken_at <= :DateTo) and (LH.ACTION_TYPE = 'D') and (em.position_type_ref ='NU')
Order By
L.URN ASC, LH.THE_TIMESTAMP DESC
The result I get shows duplicate 'timestamp' entries and I only want to return unique timestamp entries. Does anyone have any ideas. I'm self taught and have hit a wall
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Feb 7, 2007
I have an application that allows the user to enter data into a table. There are multiple users so I put in some code that, I thought, would keep 2 users from creating a new record at the same time. The IDs for the records are identical and this is causing a problem.
The IDs are in the format of ####-mmyy. at the start of each month the #### part goes back to 1.
We tried a test today where we had 2 users click on the New button at exactly the same time. The IDs that were created were identical. Is there anyway on the database that I can prevent this from happening?
Here is how I create the new record id:
I get the MAX(ID) from the table
I add 1 to the ID and then insert a new record with the new ID into the table.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks,
enak
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Sep 14, 2007
I have an issue where certain parts of data are repeated several times after i create my query. Without providing my SQL code for now could anyone suggest possibly the main reason(s) for data being duplicated?
Thanks
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May 8, 2008
I am a newb at ms sql and was hoping someone could help me
eliminate duplicate PRODUCT.PRODUCT from this statement. I have tried using DISTINCT with the same results.The ProductImage table is causing this because
the duplicates are from the PRODUCT.PRODUCT that have more than 1 image.
If anyone could rewrite this statement so I can learn from this, it would
be most appreciated!
Thank you for your time
<asp:SqlDataSource ID="SqlDataSource3" runat="server"ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:LocalSqlServer %>"SelectCommand="SELECT Product.Product.productid,Product.Product.catid,Product.Product.name,Product.Product.smalltext,Product.Product.longtext,Product.Product.price,Product.ProductSpecial.saleprice, Product.ProductSpecial.feature,Product.ProductImage.imgId, Product.ProductImage.imgUrlFROM Product.ProductINNER JOIN Product.ProductSpecialON Product.ProductSpecial.productid = Product.Product.productidINNER JOIN Product.ProductImageON Product.Product.imgid = Product.ProductImage.imgId"></asp:SqlDataSource>
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Feb 29, 2000
I have a field called RegId. RegId is of datatype NVARCHAR (20).
RegId
-----
12322
2122111
23423
etc
etc
I want to run a query to find out if there are duplicate entries in this field.
Any ideas on how I can achieve this?
Thanks in advance,
Anthony
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Jan 2, 2008
Hi.
I have a table with Login and Logoff Time of users, but there could be duplicate Logtimes in the dataset, but for
different products. Because of this I cant do a distinct in the dataset. I need the Product and some other details in my Report.
I tried to make two datasets. One for the Select distinct and one for the other.
But the Problem is:
in my report, I need a table, where I make the Sum of the Logintime a day and in another column I calculate with data from the other dataset.(Logtime + data from dataset2). But this doesnt work, so I think, that is it not possible to join 2 dataset in one table.
datetime Login | datetime Logout | Product
11.12.2007 10:15 | 11.12.2007 12:15 | p1
11.12.2007 10:15 | 11.12.2007 12:15 | p2
11.12.2007 12:19 | 11.12.2007 15:15 | p2
Is there another option I can do this?
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Jan 31, 2006
Hi all.. I've been scouring the forums for about 6 hours to no
avail. This is a really simple question. I'm trying to have
a registration page that lets the user input name, email, desired
username, and password. I want to check the username and email
fields to make sure ppl cannot sign up twice. So from what I've
gathered I have a couple of options:
1) i can set up a unique constraint on the database columns,
2) i can run a select statement before inserting,
3) i can store the whole database column in a variable then search through it.
My question is how to do option 2? All of my transactions are through a sqldatasource object in c#.
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Oct 17, 2005
Obviously, I'm a complete n00b at SQL.
I have a table in Access 2003 with about 6,000 records and there are about 20 records that have duplicate data in the first field (CompID).
I'm trying to make the first field my primary key, so I need to fix these duplicate entry.
I could export to Excel and fix the problem that way, but in the interest of learning SQL I want to figure out how to do it properly.
Thanks in advance for what is hopefully a simple answer.
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Jan 3, 2007
Hi All !
Below is a snippet of MS SQL inside ASP that retieves
Commodity info such as product names and related information and returns the results in an ASP Page. My problem is that with certain searches, elements returned in the synonym field repeat. For instance, on a correct search I get back green, red, blue, and yellow which is correct. On another similar search different commodity say for material, I get Plastic, Glass,Sand - Plastic, Glass,Sand - Plastic Glass Sand. I want to remove the repeating elements returned in this field. I hope this makes sense.
PS I tried to use distinct but with no luck I want just one of each in the example below.
Thanks in Advance!
Scott
==============================
SQL = ""
SQL = "SELECT B.CIMS_MSDS_NUM," & _
"A.COMMODITY_NUMBER, " & _
"B.CIMS_TRADE_NME," & _
"B.CIMS_MFR_NME," & _
"B.CIMS_MSDS_PREP_DTE," & _
"B.APVL_CDE," & _
"COALESCE(C.REGDMATLCD,'?') AS DOTREGD," & _
"COALESCE( D.CIMS_TRADE_SYNM,'NO SYNONYMS') AS SYNONYM, " & _
"A.MSDS_CMDTY_VERIF, " & _
"A.CATALOG_ID " & _
"FROM ( MATEQUIP.VMSDS_CMDTY A " & _
" RIGHT OUTER JOIN MATEQUIP.VCIMS_TRD_PROD_INF B " & _
" ON A.CIMS_MSDS_NUM = B.CIMS_MSDS_NUM " & _
" LEFT OUTER JOIN MATEQUIP.VDOT_TRADE_PROD C " & _
" ON A.CIMS_MSDS_NUM = C.MSDSNUM " & _
" LEFT OUTER JOIN MATEQUIP.VCIMS_TRD_PROD_SYN D " & _
" ON B.CIMS_MSDS_NUM = D.CIMS_MSDS_NUM) "
SQL1 = ""
SQL1 = SQL
SQL = SQL & "WHERE " & Where & " "
==================================
Here is a piece of the problem field, note repeating colors etc.
CCM-PAINTS & COATINGS (1/26/98)F65E36 ORANGE F65W1 GLOSS WHITEF65B50 WR. IRON FLAT BLACK F65R2 TARTAR RED DARKF65B4 SEMI-GLOSS BLACK F65R1 VERMILIONF65B1 GLOSS BLACK F65N11 RICH BROWNF65A49 ASA #49 GRAY F65M1 MAROONF65A4 MACHINE TOOL GRAY F65L10 BRIGHT BLUEF65A2 LIGHT GRAY F65L7 PALE BLUEF65A1 WARM GRAY F65L6 TURQUOISEF65L4 DARK BLUEF65L3 LIGHT BLUE V65V100 MIXING CLEARF65H1 IVORY F65Y48 LIGHT YELLOWF65G41 FOREST GREEN F65Y44 LEMON YELLOWF65G40 MEDIUM GREEN F65W100 MIXING WHITEF65G39 LIGHT GREEN F65W4 TINTING WHITEF65G16 SEMI-GLOSS MACHINERY GRE F65W3 CUSTOM WHITEF65E37 INTERNATIONAL ORANGE F65W2 SEMI-GLOSS WHITEF65B50 WR. IRON FLAT BLACK F65R2 TARTAR RED DARKF65B4 SEMI-GLOSS BLACK F65R1 VERMILIONF65B1 GLOSS BLACK F65N11 RICH BROWNF65A49 ASA #49 GRAY F65M1 MAROONF65A4 MACHINE TOOL GRAY F65L10 BRIGHT BLUEF65A2 LIGHT GRAY F65L7 PALE BLUEF65A1 WARM GRAY F65L6 TURQUOISEDISAPPROVED BY CCM-PAINTS & COATINGS (1/26/98)F65L4 DARK BLUEF65L3 LIGHT BLUE V65V100 MIXING CLEARF65H1 IVORY F65Y48 LIGHT YELLOWF65G41 FOREST GREEN F65Y44 LEMON YELLOWF65G40 MEDIUM GREEN F65W100 MIXING WHITEF65G39 LIGHT GREEN F65W4 TINTING WHITEF65G16 SEMI-GLOSS MACHINERY GRE F65W3 CUSTOM WHITEF65E37 INTERNATIONAL ORANGE F65W2 SEMI-GLOSS WHITEF65E36 ORANGE F65W1 GLOSS WHITEDISAPPROVED BY CCM-PAINTS & COATINGS (1/26/98)F65A2 LIGHT GRAY F65L7 PALE BLUEF65A1 WARM GRAY F65L6 TURQUOISEF65B4 SEMI-GLOSS BLACK F65R1 VERMILIONF65B1 GLOSS BLACK F65N11 RICH BROWNF65A49 ASA #49 GRAY F65M1 MAROONF65A4 MACHINE TOOL GRAY F65L10 BRIGHT BLUEF65L4 DARK BLUEF65L3 LIGHT BLUE V65V100 MIXING CLEARF65H1 IVORY F65Y48 LIGHT YELLOWF65G41 FOREST GREEN F65Y44 LEMON YELLOWF65G40 MEDIUM GREEN F65W100 MIXING WHITEF65G39 LIGHT GREEN F65W4 TINTING WHITEF65G16 SEMI-GLOSS MACHINERY GRE F65W3 CUSTOM WHITEF65E37 INTERNATIONAL ORANGE F65W2 SEMI-GLOSS WHITEF65E36 ORANGE F65W1 GLOSS WHITEF65B50 WR. IRON FLAT BLACK F65R2 TARTAR RED DARKF65A1 WARM GRAY F65L6 TURQUOISEDISAPPROVED BY CCM-PAINTS
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Feb 8, 2007
Yet another simple query that is eluding me. I need to find records in a table that have the same first name and last name. Because the table has a primaty key, these people were entered twice or they share the same first and last name.
How could you query this:
ID fname lname
10001 Bill Jones
10002 Joe Smith
10003 Sue Jenkins
10004 John Sanders
10005 Joe Smith
10006 Harrold Simpson
10007 Sue Jenkins
10008 Sam Worden
and get a result set of this:
ID fname lname
10002 Joe Smith
10005 Joe Smith
10003 Sue Jenkins
10007 Sue Jenkins
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Sep 10, 2007
Hi I am trying to insert entries in a table which has a composite primary key and i am inserting it on UID basis.
INSERT INTO TABLE_B (TABLE_B_UID,NUM_MIN, NUM_MAX,BIN, REGN_CD, PROD_CD, CARD)
(SELECT UID,LEFT(NUM_MIN,16),LEFT(NUM_MAX,16),BIN, REGN_CD, PROD_CD, CARD FROM TABLE_A WHERE UID NOT IN (SELECT TABLE_B_UID FROM TABLE B))
When i insert it tries to insert a duplicate entries and gives me an error. Since I am new to SQL SERVER 2000 i need some help. I tried IF NOT EXISTS, EXCEPT but i guess i am wrong at the syntax.
Can anybody help me out?
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Mar 2, 2006
I have a database being populated by hits to a program on a server.The problem is each client connection may require a few hits in a 1-2second time frame. This is resulting in multiple database entries -all exactly the same, except the event_id field, which isauto-numbered.I need a way to query the record w/out duplicates. That is, anyrecords exactly the same except event_id should only return one record.Is this possible??Thank you,Barry
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Jan 3, 2007
Hi All,
Below is a snippet of MS SQL inside some VB that retieves
Commodity info such as product names and related information and returns the results in an ASP Page. My problem is that with certain searches, elements returned in the synonym field repeat. For instance, on a correct search I get green, red, blue, and yellow which is correct. On another similar search with different commodity say for material, I get Plastic, Glass,Sand - Plastic, Glass,Sand - Plastic, Glass, Sand. I want to remove the repeating elements returned in this field. IOW, I just need one set of Plastic, Glass and Sand. I hope this makes sense.
Below is the SQL and the results from the returned page.
PS I tried to use distinct but with no luck I want just one of each in the example below.
Thanks in Advance!
Scott
==============================
SQL = ""
SQL = "SELECT B.CIMS_MSDS_NUM," & _
"A.COMMODITY_NUMBER, " & _
"B.CIMS_TRADE_NME," & _
"B.CIMS_MFR_NME," & _
"B.CIMS_MSDS_PREP_DTE," & _
"B.APVL_CDE," & _
"COALESCE(C.REGDMATLCD,'?') AS DOTREGD," & _
"COALESCE( D.CIMS_TRADE_SYNM,'NO SYNONYMS') AS SYNONYM, " & _
"A.MSDS_CMDTY_VERIF, " & _
"A.CATALOG_ID " & _
"FROM ( MATEQUIP.VMSDS_CMDTY A " & _
" RIGHT OUTER JOIN MATEQUIP.VCIMS_TRD_PROD_INF B " & _
" ON A.CIMS_MSDS_NUM = B.CIMS_MSDS_NUM " & _
" LEFT OUTER JOIN MATEQUIP.VDOT_TRADE_PROD C " & _
" ON A.CIMS_MSDS_NUM = C.MSDSNUM " & _
" LEFT OUTER JOIN MATEQUIP.VCIMS_TRD_PROD_SYN D " & _
" ON B.CIMS_MSDS_NUM = D.CIMS_MSDS_NUM) "
SQL1 = ""
SQL1 = SQL
SQL = SQL & "WHERE " & Where & " "
==================================
Here is a piece of the problem field, note repeating colors etc.
CCM-PAINTS & COATINGS (1/26/98)F65E36 ORANGE F65W1 GLOSS WHITEF65B50 WR. IRON FLAT BLACK F65R2 TARTAR RED DARKF65B4 SEMI-GLOSS BLACK F65R1 VERMILIONF65B1 GLOSS BLACK F65N11 RICH BROWNF65A49 ASA #49 GRAY F65M1 MAROONF65A4 MACHINE TOOL GRAY F65L10 BRIGHT BLUEF65A2 LIGHT GRAY F65L7 PALE BLUEF65A1 WARM GRAY F65L6 TURQUOISEF65L4 DARK BLUEF65L3 LIGHT BLUE V65V100 MIXING CLEARF65H1 IVORY F65Y48 LIGHT YELLOWF65G41 FOREST GREEN F65Y44 LEMON YELLOWF65G40 MEDIUM GREEN F65W100 MIXING WHITEF65G39 LIGHT GREEN F65W4 TINTING WHITEF65G16 SEMI-GLOSS MACHINERY GRE F65W3 CUSTOM WHITEF65E37 INTERNATIONAL ORANGE F65W2 SEMI-GLOSS WHITEF65B50 WR. IRON FLAT BLACK F65R2 TARTAR RED DARKF65B4 SEMI-GLOSS BLACK F65R1 VERMILIONF65B1 GLOSS BLACK F65N11 RICH BROWNF65A49 ASA #49 GRAY F65M1 MAROONF65A4 MACHINE TOOL GRAY F65L10 BRIGHT BLUEF65A2 LIGHT GRAY F65L7 PALE BLUEF65A1 WARM GRAY F65L6 TURQUOISEDISAPPROVED BY CCM-PAINTS & COATINGS (1/26/98)F65L4 DARK BLUEF65L3 LIGHT BLUE V65V100 MIXING CLEARF65H1 IVORY F65Y48 LIGHT YELLOWF65G41 FOREST GREEN F65Y44 LEMON YELLOWF65G40 MEDIUM GREEN F65W100 MIXING WHITEF65G39 LIGHT GREEN F65W4 TINTING WHITEF65G16 SEMI-GLOSS MACHINERY GRE F65W3 CUSTOM WHITEF65E37 INTERNATIONAL ORANGE F65W2 SEMI-GLOSS WHITEF65E36 ORANGE F65W1 GLOSS WHITEDISAPPROVED BY CCM-PAINTS & COATINGS (1/26/98)F65A2 LIGHT GRAY F65L7 PALE BLUEF65A1 WARM GRAY F65L6 TURQUOISEF65B4 SEMI-GLOSS BLACK F65R1 VERMILIONF65B1 GLOSS BLACK F65N11 RICH BROWNF65A49 ASA #49 GRAY F65M1 MAROONF65A4 MACHINE TOOL GRAY F65L10 BRIGHT BLUEF65L4 DARK BLUEF65L3 LIGHT BLUE V65V100 MIXING CLEARF65H1 IVORY F65Y48 LIGHT YELLOWF65G41 FOREST GREEN F65Y44 LEMON YELLOWF65G40 MEDIUM GREEN F65W100 MIXING WHITEF65G39 LIGHT GREEN F65W4 TINTING WHITEF65G16 SEMI-GLOSS MACHINERY GRE F65W3 CUSTOM WHITEF65E37 INTERNATIONAL ORANGE F65W2 SEMI-GLOSS WHITEF65E36 ORANGE F65W1 GLOSS WHITEF65B50 WR. IRON FLAT BLACK F65R2 TARTAR RED DARKF65A1 WARM GRAY F65L6 TURQUOISEDISAPPROVED BY CCM-PAINTS & COATINGS (1/26/98)F65B1 GLOSS BLACK F65N11
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Jun 2, 2015
I have student table where duplicate student exist by name with there fathers name and mothers name. I need to search those duplicate records. I do not need ti count them but If there is 5 same student with name then the query will show 5 name then I will delete individually. Below I am trying to show the scenario.
Student_name
_____________
Rocky
Albert
Rocky
Williams
Albert
Robert
The query will show
Student_name
______________
Rocky
Rocky
Albert
Albert
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Jul 21, 2015
I have a table with more than 1000 records. The columns look like this
Import id | Reference | Date | Username | Filename
Some of the rows are duplicates except for the fact that they have different values for the first column alone (import id)
11111 test 21-07-2015 xxxxxx yyyyyy
22222 test 21-07-2015 xxxxxx yyyyyy
Is it possible to delete these kind of duplicate rows by ignoring the import id ?
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May 14, 2015
i am having three tables
test
testId testName totalQuestion
Questions
QuestionId fktestId QuestionName
Now i am trying to insert a duplicate copy test by passing testId..Here is my sp
if not EXISTS(SELECT testName from tblTest WHERE UPPER(@testName) = UPPER(@testName))
BEGIN
INSERT INTO tblTest SELECT @userId, testName,duration,totalQuestion,termsCondition,0,GETUTCDATE(),GETUTCDATE() from tblTest WHERE id=@testId
SET @insertedTestId=@@identity
INSERT INTO tblTestQuestion SELECT @insertedTestId,question,0,GETUTCDATE(),GETUTCDATE() from tblTestQuestion WHERE testId=@testId
END
how to insert in answer table as one question can be multiple answers.
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Aug 22, 2007
Here is my situation. I have a table in my application that pairs users with cars they like. We'll call this table Favorites. A user can browse the site and they can designate as many cars they want as favorites. For example, a user can go to the Honda Accord page and add that as a favorite car and then go to the Toyota Camry page and add that as a favorite car. However, if he/she goes to that Honda Accord page and tries to click the "Add to Favorites" button again, at the present state of my application, it will just add another entry into the Favorites table with a duplicate pairing. So, if I were to datalist the table to generate a listing of all favorites belonging to a certain user, he/she may potentially be returned with superfluous duplicate entries. Not to mention, taking up valuable database space and not looking very professional.
In my Favorites table, the 3 fields are.....favoriteId (set as primary key)userIdcarId
I've been thinking about this for awhile and I've come up with 2 solutions. I'm a newbie to ASP.NET/programming so I don't have enough insight to make a decision or to even think up of other alternatives.
1) Check proactively by doing a.....SELECT favoriteID FROM Favorites WHERE userId = x and carId = y (where x and y are variables)If I get a null return, it means I can go ahead and let the user add the car as a favorite in the database. If I get a valid value, then it means there already exists the same pairing, so I exit out without updating the table.
2) Check reactively by forcing an exception whenever a user tries to enter a duplicate pairing. I'm not sure how to do this, but perhaps, instead of making "favoriteId" a primary key, perhaps, I can make a primary key pairing of "userId" and "carId". And by trying to do an insert with a primary key that already exists, we know it won't work since primary keys by definition are unique.
Now, I expect some concurrent users on my site, so I must take into consideration pros and cons of each and determine which is more efficient. Checking proactively will force a check even if the table does not contain a duplicate pairing of user and car. However, having a duplicate primary key may be more expensive from a database point of view and may slow down lookups, etc. Or maybe neither has significant benefits, in which case, I rather go with proactive, since I've already coded it and it works fine. Or maybe there is a third alternative, which I did not think. Which method do programmers usually take and which is a better practice?
TIA for your help.
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Nov 15, 2015
I have this table:
id | Name | Age
==================
1 | AAA | 22
1 | AAA | 22
2 | BBB | 33
2 | BBB | 33
2 | BBB | 33
3 | CCC | 44
4 | DDD | 55
I need to delete from this table all the duplicate records and leave only one record. The table will looks like this:
id | Name | Age
==================
1 | AAA | 22
2 | BBB | 33
3 | CCC | 44
4 | DDD | 55
I work with sqlCE for Mobile...
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Oct 14, 2015
I need write a query for removing duplicates, for Example in my table I have columns
A_ID name id
1 sam 10
2 sam 10
3 sam 10
4 sam 10
5 ccc 15
6 ccc 15
7 ccc 15
8 fff 20
9 fff 20
10 fff 20
So now I have duplicates values in id column so now I need to take only one value of each and delete the remaining. I need to take first id value 10,15,20 so only 3 rows should be there in my table.
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Jul 20, 2005
What is the best way to compare two entries in a single table wherethe two fields are "almost" the same?For example, I would like to write a query that would compare thefirst two words in a "company" field. If they are the same, I wouldlike to output them.For example, "20th Century" and "20th Century Fox" in the companyfield would be the same.How do I do this? Do I need to use a cursor? Is it as simple as using"Like?"
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Jun 30, 2015
I have a temp table with the following columns and data
drop table #temp
create table #temp (id int,DLR_ID int,KPI_ID int,Brnd_ID int)
insert into #temp values (1,2343,34,2)
insert into #temp values (2,2343,34,2)
insert into #temp values (3,2343,34,2)
[Code]....
I use the rank function on that table and get the following results
select rank() over (order by DLR_ID,KPI_ID,BRND_ID ) Rown,* from #temp
I am interested only in Rown and Id columns. For each Rown number, I need to get the min(ID) in the second column and the duplicate ID should be in 3rd column as shown below.If i have 3 duplicate IDs , I should have 3 rows with 2nd column being the min(id) and 3rd column having one of the duplicate ids in ascending order(as shown in Rown=6)
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Jun 25, 2004
Hello,
How can I delete duplicate entries from tables in my database using Query Analyzer, as there are many duplicate entries in my tables, I want to delete them.
Thanks in advance,
Uday.
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Jan 6, 2015
I have a table where each unique entry can have up to 12 'modes', each mode with a start and stop date. A mode is a certain type of characteristic attributed to an entry.
There are 60 different modes and a given mode number can appear in any of the 12 mode fields. I created a very simplistic example table below.
Criteria:
I need to find all entries that have any of the modes = 1
AND for any of the other mode fields = 2 or 3, all modes = 2 or 3 must have a mode_enddate that is NOT NULL.
example:
select * from #temp_work
where (mode1 = 1 or mode2 =1 or mode3 = 1 ...)
And if any of the other mode1-12 fields = 2 or 3 then all mode 2 or 3 mode_enddate must be NOT NULL. I have tried a few different ways to try and get this data, but none of them have been very good.
Create temporary table
create table #temp_work (
id int NULL,
mode1 varchar(20) NULL,
mode_startdate_1 date NULL,
mode_enddate_1 date NULL,
[Code ....
From this limited example, the only valid entry should be ID 1 as the mode = 3 has a NOT NULL mode_enddate.
ID's 2 and 3 both have mode_enddate_X that are NULL, so should not be included.
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Jul 23, 2015
I am having trouble trying to find the max of 2 columns in one table. I've tried using a common table expression and a subquery, but can't seem to get the correct results. I want to get the max from refnum, then the max "number" associated with that max refnum along with the date and decision
Table
IDCustomerRefnumnumberdate decision
16511114/17/2015Approved
16521125/1/2015Declined
16531216/10/2015Approved
16542116/15/2015Tentative
Expected
Customer 1 had a max of refnum of 2 and 1st one on number
IDCustomerRefnumnumberdate decision
16531216/10/2015Approved
16542116/15/2015Tentative
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