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Re: SQL Query - Selecting records that repeat / occur more than once in a table -- newbe question

From: <sybrandb_at_yahoo.com>
Date: 12 Feb 2004 00:33:30 -0800
Message-ID: <a1d154f4.0402120033.511d9d66@posting.google.com>


nbsj67_at_yahoo.com (Nimesh) wrote in message news:<ec54ea9f.0402111807.477c1edd_at_posting.google.com>...
> I need to find customer's names that repeat / occur more than once in
> the same table. I have treid many options and I have tried comparing
> the column to itself but Oracle gives me an error.
>
> SELECT a.customer_name, b.customer_name
> FROM dtb_customer a, dtb_customer b
> where a.dtb_customer = b.dtb_customer
> and b.customer > 1
>
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance.

select a.customer_name, count(*)
from dtb_customer a
group by a.customer_name
having count(*) > 1

That's all!

Sybrand Bakker
Senior Oracle DBA Received on Thu Feb 12 2004 - 02:33:30 CST

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