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user613114
user613114

Reputation: 2821

Oracle: find duplicate rows in select query

My SQL query returns results with 4 columns "A", "B", "C", "D".

Suppose the results are:

A    B    C    D
1    1    1    1
1    1    1    2
2    2    2    1

Is it possible to get the count of duplicate rows with columns "A", "B", "C" in each row.

e.g. the expected result is:

A    B    C    D    cnt
1    1    1    1    2
1    1    1    2    2
2    2    2    1    1

I tried using count(*) over. But it returns me the total number of rows returned by the query. Another information is that in example I have mentioned only 3 columns based on which I need to check the count. But my actual query has such 8 columns. And number of rows in database are huge. So I think group by will not be a feasible option here. Any hint is appreciable. Thanks.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 49346

Answers (3)

surendra
surendra

Reputation: 61

To find duplicates you must group the data based on key column

select 
  count(*)
  ,empno 
from 
  emp
group by
  empno
having
  count(*) > 1;

This allows you to aggregate by empno even when multiple records exist for each category (more than one).

Upvotes: 6

Stefan
Stefan

Reputation: 106

Maybe too late, but probably the count over as analytic function (aka window function) within oracle helps you. When I understand your request correctly, this should solve your problem :

create table sne_test(a number(1)
                 ,b number(1)
                 ,c number(1)
                 ,d number(1)
                 ,e number(1)
                 ,f number(1));

insert into sne_test values(1,1,1,1,1,1);
insert into sne_test values(1,1,2,1,1,1);
insert into sne_test values(1,1,2,4,1,1);
insert into sne_test values(1,1,2,5,1,1);
insert into sne_test values(1,2,1,1,3,1);
insert into sne_test values(1,2,1,2,1,2);
insert into sne_test values(2,1,1,1,1,1);

commit;

 SELECT a,b,c,d,e,f, 
       count(*) over (PARTITION BY a,b,c)
  FROM sne_test;

 A  B  C  D  E  F AMOUNT
-- -- -- -- -- -- ------
 1  1  1  1  1  1      1
 1  1  2  4  1  1      3
 1  1  2  1  1  1      3
 1  1  2  5  1  1      3
 1  2  1  1  3  1      2
 1  2  1  2  1  2      2
 2  1  1  1  1  1      1

Upvotes: 9

fthiella
fthiella

Reputation: 49049

You have to use a subquery where you get the count of rows, grouped by A, B and C. And then you join this subquery again with your table (or with your query), like this:

select your_table.A, your_table.B, your_table.C, your_table.D, cnt
from
  your_table inner join
  (SELECT A, B, C, count(*) as cnt
   FROM your_table
   GROUP BY A, B, C) t
  on t.A = your_table.A
     and t.B = your_table.B
     and t.C = your_table.C

Upvotes: 3

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