Re: Finding duplicated values

From: lorid <lorid(at)dri(dot)edu>
To: Kent Anderson <kenta(at)ezyield(dot)com>
Cc: "Pgsql-Sql(at)Postgresql(dot) Org" <pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Finding duplicated values
Date: 2004-10-21 23:18:32
Message-ID: 417843C8.6060406@dri.edu
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Kent Anderson wrote:

> I have a few tables that have duplicated values from an import from a
> different database. I have two keys I tried to set as primary and got
> an error
> ERROR: could not create unique index
> DETAIL: Table contains duplicated values.
>
> Is there some join I can use to compare the hmhmkey, wmwmkey pairs
> against the table to find duplicate values? Each pair key should be
> unique but the old database was less than normalized.
>
> I was trying to use the code below but it returned no rows.
>
> SELECT hmhmkey, wmwmkey
> FROM exceptions
> EXCEPT
> SELECT hmhmkey, wmwmkey
> FROM exceptions;
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Kent Anderson
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This might do it...
If you do this on the table that had duplicates you wont need to join
select count(hmhmkey),count(wmwmkey) from
exceptions group by hmhmkey,wmwmkey having count(hmhmkey) >1 or having
count(wmwmkey) >1;

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