From time to time I need to check for duplicate entries in my databases. E.g. when I have large numbers of clients signing up for events or similar.
I know there’s ways of deleting multiple entries but sometimes I just need to find out WHO and HOW MANY. The following simple query does just that:
SELECT the_field_name, count(*) AS n FROM the_table GROUP BY the_field_name HAVING n>1;
Hope this proves useful for some of you having the same “problem”.
Should you just wish to remove any duplicate entries then take a look at Justin Cook’s article on the subject.
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