Find duplicate records in MySQL

Question

I want to pull out duplicate records in a MySQL Database. This can be done with:

SELECT address, count(id) as cnt FROM list
GROUP BY address HAVING cnt > 1

Which results in:

100 MAIN ST    2

I would like to pull it so that it shows each row that is a duplicate. Something like:

JIM    JONES    100 MAIN ST
JOHN   SMITH    100 MAIN ST

Any thoughts on how this can be done? I'm trying to avoid doing the first one then looking up the duplicates with a second query in the code.

Answer 1

The key is to rewrite this query so that it can be used as a subquery.

SELECT firstname, 
   lastname, 
   list.address 
FROM list
   INNER JOIN (SELECT address
               FROM   list
               GROUP  BY address
               HAVING COUNT(id) > 1) dup
           ON list.address = dup.address;

Answer 2

SELECT date FROM logs group by date having count(*) >= 2

Answer 3

Why not just INNER JOIN the table with itself?

SELECT a.firstname, a.lastname, a.address
FROM list a
INNER JOIN list b ON a.address = b.address
WHERE a.id <> b.id

A DISTINCT is needed if the address could exist more than two times.

Answer 4

I tried the best answer chosen for this question, but it confused me somewhat. I actually needed that just on a single field from my table. The following example from this link worked out very well for me:

SELECT COUNT(*) c,title FROM `data` GROUP BY title HAVING c > 1;

Answer 5

select `cityname` from `codcities` group by `cityname` having count(*)>=2

This is the similar query you have asked for and its 200% working and easy too. Enjoy!!!

Answer 6

Isn't this easier :

SELECT *
FROM tc_tariff_groups
GROUP BY group_id
HAVING COUNT(group_id) >1

?

Answer 7

Find duplicate users by email address with this query...

SELECT users.name, users.uid, users.mail, from_unixtime(created)
FROM users
INNER JOIN (
  SELECT mail
  FROM users
  GROUP BY mail
  HAVING count(mail) > 1
) dupes ON users.mail = dupes.mail
ORDER BY users.mail;

Answer 8

we can found the duplicates depends on more then one fields also.For those cases you can use below format.

SELECT COUNT(*), column1, column2 
FROM tablename
GROUP BY column1, column2
HAVING COUNT(*)>1;

Answer 9

Another solution would be to use table aliases, like so:

SELECT p1.id, p2.id, p1.address
FROM list AS p1, list AS p2
WHERE p1.address = p2.address
AND p1.id != p2.id

All you're really doing in this case is taking the original list table, creating two pretend tables -- p1 and p2 -- out of that, and then performing a join on the address column (line 3). The 4th line makes sure that the same record doesn't show up multiple times in your set of results ("duplicate duplicates").

Answer 10

Finding duplicate addresses is much more complex than it seems, especially if you require accuracy. A MySQL query is not enough in this case...

I work at SmartyStreets, where we do address validation and de-duplication and other stuff, and I've seen a lot of diverse challenges with similar problems.

There are several third-party services which will flag duplicates in a list for you. Doing this solely with a MySQL subquery will not account for differences in address formats and standards. The USPS (for US address) has certain guidelines to make these standard, but only a handful of vendors are certified to perform such operations.

So, I would recommend the best answer for you is to export the table into a CSV file, for instance, and submit it to a capable list processor. One such is LiveAddress which will have it done for you in a few seconds to a few minutes automatically. It will flag duplicate rows with a new field called "Duplicate" and a value of Y in it.

Answer 11

Not going to be very efficient, but it should work:

SELECT *
FROM list AS outer
WHERE (SELECT COUNT(*)
        FROM list AS inner
        WHERE inner.address = outer.address) > 1;

Answer 12

This will select duplicates in one table pass, no subqueries.

SELECT  *
FROM    (
        SELECT  ao.*, (@r := @r + 1) AS rn
        FROM    (
                SELECT  @_address := 'N'
                ) vars,
                (
                SELECT  *
                FROM
                        list a
                ORDER BY
                        address, id
                ) ao
        WHERE   CASE WHEN @_address <> address THEN @r := 0 ELSE 0 END IS NOT NULL
                AND (@_address := address ) IS NOT NULL
        ) aoo
WHERE   rn > 1

This query actially emulates ROW_NUMBER() present in Oracle and SQL Server

See the article in my blog for details:

• Analytic functions: SUM, AVG, ROW_NUMBER - emulating in MySQL.

Answer 13

This also will show you how many duplicates have and will order the results without joins

SELECT  `Language` , id, COUNT( id ) AS how_many
FROM  `languages` 
GROUP BY  `Language` 
HAVING how_many >=2
ORDER BY how_many DESC

Answer 14

 SELECT firstname, lastname, address FROM list
 WHERE 
 Address in 
 (SELECT address FROM list
 GROUP BY address
 HAVING count(*) > 1)

Answer 15

select * from table_name t1 inner join (select distinct <attribute list> from table_name as temp)t2 where t1.attribute_name = t2.attribute_name

For your table it would be something like

select * from list l1 inner join (select distinct address from list as list2)l2 where l1.address=l2.address

This query will give you all the distinct address entries in your list table... I am not sure how this will work if you have any primary key values for name, etc..

Answer 16

Fastest duplicates removal queries procedure:

/* create temp table with one primary column id */
INSERT INTO temp(id) SELECT MIN(id) FROM list GROUP BY (isbn) HAVING COUNT(*)>1;
DELETE FROM list WHERE id IN (SELECT id FROM temp);
DELETE FROM temp;

Answer 17

Personally this query has solved my problem:

SELECT `SUB_ID`, COUNT(SRV_KW_ID) as subscriptions FROM `SUB_SUBSCR` group by SUB_ID, SRV_KW_ID HAVING subscriptions > 1;

What this script does is showing all the subscriber ID's that exists more than once into the table and the number of duplicates found.

This are the table columns:

| SUB_SUBSCR_ID | int(11)     | NO   | PRI | NULL    | auto_increment |
| MSI_ALIAS     | varchar(64) | YES  | UNI | NULL    |                |
| SUB_ID        | int(11)     | NO   | MUL | NULL    |                |    
| SRV_KW_ID     | int(11)     | NO   | MUL | NULL    |                |

Hope it will be helpful for you either!

Answer 18

SELECT t.*,(select count(*) from city as tt where tt.name=t.name) as count FROM `city` as t where (select count(*) from city as tt where tt.name=t.name) > 1 order by count desc

Replace city with your Table. Replace name with your field name

Answer 19

    SELECT *
    FROM (SELECT  address, COUNT(id) AS cnt
    FROM list
    GROUP BY address
    HAVING ( COUNT(id) > 1 ))

Answer 20

    Find duplicate Records:

    Suppose we have table : Student 
    student_id int
    student_name varchar
    Records:
    +------------+---------------------+
    | student_id | student_name        |
    +------------+---------------------+
    |        101 | usman               |
    |        101 | usman               |
    |        101 | usman               |
    |        102 | usmanyaqoob         |
    |        103 | muhammadusmanyaqoob |
    |        103 | muhammadusmanyaqoob |
    +------------+---------------------+

    Now we want to see duplicate records
    Use this query:


   select student_name,student_id ,count(*) c from student group by student_id,student_name having c>1;

+--------------------+------------+---+
| student_name        | student_id | c |
+---------------------+------------+---+
| usman               |        101 | 3 |
| muhammadusmanyaqoob |        103 | 2 |
+---------------------+------------+---+

Answer 21

To quickly see the duplicate rows you can run a single simple query

Here I am querying the table and listing all duplicate rows with same user_id, market_place and sku:

select user_id, market_place,sku, count(id)as totals from sku_analytics group by user_id, market_place,sku having count(id)>1;

To delete the duplicate row you have to decide which row you want to delete. Eg the one with lower id (usually older) or maybe some other date information. In my case I just want to delete the lower id since the newer id is latest information.

First double check if the right records will be deleted. Here I am selecting the record among duplicates which will be deleted (by unique id).

select a.user_id, a.market_place,a.sku from sku_analytics a inner join sku_analytics b where a.id< b.id and a.user_id= b.user_id and a.market_place= b.market_place and a.sku = b.sku;

Then I run the delete query to delete the dupes:

delete a from sku_analytics a inner join sku_analytics b where a.id< b.id and a.user_id= b.user_id and a.market_place= b.market_place and a.sku = b.sku;

Backup, Double check, verify, verify backup then execute.

Answer 22

I use the following:

SELECT * FROM mytable
WHERE id IN (
  SELECT id FROM mytable
  GROUP BY column1, column2, column3
  HAVING count(*) > 1
)

Answer 23

select address from list where address = any (select address from (select address, count(id) cnt from list group by address having cnt > 1 ) as t1) order by address

the inner sub-query returns rows with duplicate address then the outer sub-query returns the address column for address with duplicates. the outer sub-query must return only one column because it used as operand for the operator '= any'

Answer 24

Powerlord answer is indeed the best and I would recommend one more change: use LIMIT to make sure db would not get overloaded:

SELECT firstname, lastname, list.address FROM list
INNER JOIN (SELECT address FROM list
GROUP BY address HAVING count(id) > 1) dup ON list.address = dup.address
LIMIT 10

It is a good habit to use LIMIT if there is no WHERE and when making joins. Start with small value, check how heavy the query is and then increase the limit.