Re: Update problems ...

From: Joe Nardone <joe_at_access1.digex.net>
Date: 1995/07/27
Message-ID: <3v71bl$oth_at_news4.digex.net>#1/1


jack (jalford_at_immcms1.redstone.army.mil) wrote:
: update ammo set serial_number= rtrim(serial_number)
: where serial_number != rtrim(serial_number);
 

: ERROR at line 1:
: ORA-00001: unique constraint (AMMO.PRIMARY_KEY_AMMO) violated

How about

 SELECT RTRIM(SERIAL_NUMBER), COUNT(RTRIM(SERIAL_NUMBER)) K  FROM AMMO
 GROUP BY SERIAL_NUMBER
 ORDER BY K DESC; to give you a list of serial numbers; any that are duplicates will be listed first.

Joe

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Received on Thu Jul 27 1995 - 00:00:00 CEST

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