Re: How to find DUPLICATE KEYS FOUND

how about

select rowid,p_id,p_name
from p_answer pa
where rowid > (select min(pa2.rowid)
from p_answer pa2
where pa.p_id = pa2.p_id and pa.p_name = pa2.p_name)

This will display the p_id,p_name and rowid of all the duplicate rows that have the same p_id and p_name.

>>> Larry Taylor <ltaylor_at_iq.com> 02/20/01 11:56AM >>>
Hi all,

How can I find duplicate keys and drop the duplicate? My database is 8.1.6 and I tried the following
and got this error:

CREATE UNIQUE INDEX I_SA_C_OWNERID_C_NAME ON P_ANSWER (P_ID , P_NAME ) PCTFREE 10 INITRANS 2 MAXTRANS 255 STORAGE(INITIAL 65536) LOGGING TABLESPACE USERS; ORA-01452: cannot CREATE UNIQUE INDEX; duplicate keys found

Thanks in advance.

Larry

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