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I'd like to find the first "gap" in a counter column in an SQL table. For example, if there are values 1,2,4 and 5 I'd like to find out 3.
I can of course get the values in order and go through it manually, but I'd like to know if there would be a way to do it in SQL.
In addition, it should be quite standard SQL, working with different DBMSes.
In MySQL and PostgreSQL:
SELECT id + 1
FROM mytable mo
WHERE NOT EXISTS
(
SELECT NULL
FROM mytable mi
WHERE mi.id = mo.id + 1
)
ORDER BY
id
LIMIT 1
In SQL Server:
SELECT TOP 1
id + 1
FROM mytable mo
WHERE NOT EXISTS
(
SELECT NULL
FROM mytable mi
WHERE mi.id = mo.id + 1
)
ORDER BY
id
In Oracle:
SELECT *
FROM (
SELECT id + 1 AS gap
FROM mytable mo
WHERE NOT EXISTS
(
SELECT NULL
FROM mytable mi
WHERE mi.id = mo.id + 1
)
ORDER BY
id
)
WHERE rownum = 1
ANSI (works everywhere, least efficient):
SELECT MIN(id) + 1
FROM mytable mo
WHERE NOT EXISTS
(
SELECT NULL
FROM mytable mi
WHERE mi.id = mo.id + 1
)
Systems supporting sliding window functions:
SELECT -- TOP 1
-- Uncomment above for SQL Server 2012+
previd
FROM (
SELECT id,
LAG(id) OVER (ORDER BY id) previd
FROM mytable
) q
WHERE previd <> id - 1
ORDER BY
id
-- LIMIT 1
-- Uncomment above for PostgreSQL
Your answers all work fine if you have a first value id = 1, otherwise this gap will not be detected. For instance if your table id values are 3,4,5, your queries will return 6.
I did something like this
SELECT MIN(ID+1) FROM (
SELECT 0 AS ID UNION ALL
SELECT
MIN(ID + 1)
FROM
TableX) AS T1
WHERE
ID+1 NOT IN (SELECT ID FROM TableX)
There isn't really an extremely standard SQL way to do this, but with some form of limiting clause you can do
SELECT `table`.`num` + 1
FROM `table`
LEFT JOIN `table` AS `alt`
ON `alt`.`num` = `table`.`num` + 1
WHERE `alt`.`num` IS NULL
LIMIT 1
(MySQL, PostgreSQL)
or
SELECT TOP 1 `num` + 1
FROM `table`
LEFT JOIN `table` AS `alt`
ON `alt`.`num` = `table`.`num` + 1
WHERE `alt`.`num` IS NULL
(SQL Server)
or
SELECT `num` + 1
FROM `table`
LEFT JOIN `table` AS `alt`
ON `alt`.`num` = `table`.`num` + 1
WHERE `alt`.`num` IS NULL
AND ROWNUM = 1
(Oracle)
The first thing that came into my head. Not sure if it's a good idea to go this way at all, but should work. Suppose the table is t and the column is c:
SELECT
t1.c + 1 AS gap
FROM t as t1
LEFT OUTER JOIN t as t2 ON (t1.c + 1 = t2.c)
WHERE t2.c IS NULL
ORDER BY gap ASC
LIMIT 1
Edit: This one may be a tick faster (and shorter!):
SELECT
min(t1.c) + 1 AS gap
FROM t as t1
LEFT OUTER JOIN t as t2 ON (t1.c + 1 = t2.c)
WHERE t2.c IS NULL
This works in SQL Server - can't test it in other systems but it seems standard...
SELECT MIN(t1.ID)+1 FROM mytable t1 WHERE NOT EXISTS (SELECT ID FROM mytable WHERE ID = (t1.ID + 1))
You could also add a starting point to the where clause...
SELECT MIN(t1.ID)+1 FROM mytable t1 WHERE NOT EXISTS (SELECT ID FROM mytable WHERE ID = (t1.ID + 1)) AND ID > 2000
So if you had 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2005 where 2003 and 2004 didn't exist, it would return 2003.
The following solution:
provides test data;
an inner query that produces other gaps; and
it works in SQL Server 2012.
Numbers the ordered rows sequentially in the "with" clause and then reuses the result twice with an inner join on the row number, but offset by 1 so as to compare the row before with the row after, looking for IDs with a gap greater than 1. More than asked for but more widely applicable.
create table #ID ( id integer );
insert into #ID values (1),(2), (4),(5),(6),(7),(8), (12),(13),(14),(15);
with Source as (
select
row_number()over ( order by A.id ) as seq
,A.id as id
from #ID as A WITH(NOLOCK)
)
Select top 1 gap_start from (
Select
(J.id+1) as gap_start
,(K.id-1) as gap_end
from Source as J
inner join Source as K
on (J.seq+1) = K.seq
where (J.id - (K.id-1)) <> 0
) as G
The inner query produces:
gap_start gap_end
3 3
9 11
The outer query produces:
gap_start
3
Inner join to a view or sequence that has a all possible values.
No table? Make a table. I always keep a dummy table around just for this.
create table artificial_range(
id int not null primary key auto_increment,
name varchar( 20 ) null ) ;
-- or whatever your database requires for an auto increment column
insert into artificial_range( name ) values ( null )
-- create one row.
insert into artificial_range( name ) select name from artificial_range;
-- you now have two rows
insert into artificial_range( name ) select name from artificial_range;
-- you now have four rows
insert into artificial_range( name ) select name from artificial_range;
-- you now have eight rows
--etc.
insert into artificial_range( name ) select name from artificial_range;
-- you now have 1024 rows, with ids 1-1024
Then,
select a.id from artificial_range a
where not exists ( select * from your_table b
where b.counter = a.id) ;
This one accounts for everything mentioned so far. It includes 0 as a starting point, which it will default to if no values exist as well. I also added the appropriate locations for the other parts of a multi-value key. This has only been tested on SQL Server.
select
MIN(ID)
from (
select
0 ID
union all
select
[YourIdColumn]+1
from
[YourTable]
where
--Filter the rest of your key--
) foo
left join
[YourTable]
on [YourIdColumn]=ID
and --Filter the rest of your key--
where
[YourIdColumn] is null
For PostgreSQL
An example that makes use of recursive query.
This might be useful if you want to find a gap in a specific range
(it will work even if the table is empty, whereas the other examples will not)
WITH
RECURSIVE a(id) AS (VALUES (1) UNION ALL SELECT id + 1 FROM a WHERE id < 100), -- range 1..100
b AS (SELECT id FROM my_table) -- your table ID list
SELECT a.id -- find numbers from the range that do not exist in main table
FROM a
LEFT JOIN b ON b.id = a.id
WHERE b.id IS NULL
-- LIMIT 1 -- uncomment if only the first value is needed
My guess:
SELECT MIN(p1.field) + 1 as gap
FROM table1 AS p1
INNER JOIN table1 as p3 ON (p1.field = p3.field + 2)
LEFT OUTER JOIN table1 AS p2 ON (p1.field = p2.field + 1)
WHERE p2.field is null;
I wrote up a quick way of doing it. Not sure this is the most efficient, but gets the job done. Note that it does not tell you the gap, but tells you the id before and after the gap (keep in mind the gap could be multiple values, so for example 1,2,4,7,11 etc)
I'm using sqlite as an example
If this is your table structure
create table sequential(id int not null, name varchar(10) null);
and these are your rows
id|name
1|one
2|two
4|four
5|five
9|nine
The query is
select a.* from sequential a left join sequential b on a.id = b.id + 1 where b.id is null and a.id <> (select min(id) from sequential)
union
select a.* from sequential a left join sequential b on a.id = b.id - 1 where b.id is null and a.id <> (select max(id) from sequential);
https://gist.github.com/wkimeria/7787ffe84d1c54216f1b320996b17b7e
Here is an alternative to show the range of all possible gap values in portable and more compact way :
Assume your table schema looks like this :
> SELECT id FROM your_table;
+-----+
| id |
+-----+
| 90 |
| 103 |
| 104 |
| 118 |
| 119 |
| 120 |
| 121 |
| 161 |
| 162 |
| 163 |
| 185 |
+-----+
To fetch the ranges of all possible gap values, you have the following query :
The subquery lists pairs of ids, each of which has the lowerbound column being smaller than upperbound column, then use GROUP BY and MIN(m2.id) to reduce number of useless records.
The outer query further removes the records where lowerbound is exactly upperbound - 1
My query doesn't (explicitly) output the 2 records (YOUR_MIN_ID_VALUE, 89) and (186, YOUR_MAX_ID_VALUE) at both ends, that implicitly means any number in both of the ranges hasn't been used in your_table so far.
> SELECT m3.lowerbound + 1, m3.upperbound - 1 FROM
(
SELECT m1.id as lowerbound, MIN(m2.id) as upperbound FROM
your_table m1 INNER JOIN your_table
AS m2 ON m1.id < m2.id GROUP BY m1.id
)
m3 WHERE m3.lowerbound < m3.upperbound - 1;
+-------------------+-------------------+
| m3.lowerbound + 1 | m3.upperbound - 1 |
+-------------------+-------------------+
| 91 | 102 |
| 105 | 117 |
| 122 | 160 |
| 164 | 184 |
+-------------------+-------------------+
select min([ColumnName]) from [TableName]
where [ColumnName]-1 not in (select [ColumnName] from [TableName])
and [ColumnName] <> (select min([ColumnName]) from [TableName])
Here is standard a SQL solution that runs on all database servers with no change:
select min(counter + 1) FIRST_GAP
from my_table a
where not exists (select 'x' from my_table b where b.counter = a.counter + 1)
and a.counter <> (select max(c.counter) from my_table c);
See in action for;
PL/SQL via Oracle's livesql,
MySQL via sqlfiddle,
PostgreSQL via sqlfiddle
MS Sql via sqlfiddle
It works for empty tables or with negatives values as well. Just tested in SQL Server 2012
select min(n) from (
select case when lead(i,1,0) over(order by i)>i+1 then i+1 else null end n from MyTable) w
If You use Firebird 3 this is most elegant and simple:
select RowID
from (
select `ID_Column`, Row_Number() over(order by `ID_Column`) as RowID
from `Your_Table`
order by `ID_Column`)
where `ID_Column` <> RowID
rows 1
-- PUT THE TABLE NAME AND COLUMN NAME BELOW
-- IN MY EXAMPLE, THE TABLE NAME IS = SHOW_GAPS AND COLUMN NAME IS = ID
-- PUT THESE TWO VALUES AND EXECUTE THE QUERY
DECLARE #TABLE_NAME VARCHAR(100) = 'SHOW_GAPS'
DECLARE #COLUMN_NAME VARCHAR(100) = 'ID'
DECLARE #SQL VARCHAR(MAX)
SET #SQL =
'SELECT TOP 1
'+#COLUMN_NAME+' + 1
FROM '+#TABLE_NAME+' mo
WHERE NOT EXISTS
(
SELECT NULL
FROM '+#TABLE_NAME+' mi
WHERE mi.'+#COLUMN_NAME+' = mo.'+#COLUMN_NAME+' + 1
)
ORDER BY
'+#COLUMN_NAME
-- SELECT #SQL
DECLARE #MISSING_ID TABLE (ID INT)
INSERT INTO #MISSING_ID
EXEC (#SQL)
--select * from #MISSING_ID
declare #var_for_cursor int
DECLARE #LOW INT
DECLARE #HIGH INT
DECLARE #FINAL_RANGE TABLE (LOWER_MISSING_RANGE INT, HIGHER_MISSING_RANGE INT)
DECLARE IdentityGapCursor CURSOR FOR
select * from #MISSING_ID
ORDER BY 1;
open IdentityGapCursor
fetch next from IdentityGapCursor
into #var_for_cursor
WHILE ##FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
SET #SQL = '
DECLARE #LOW INT
SELECT #LOW = MAX('+#COLUMN_NAME+') + 1 FROM '+#TABLE_NAME
+' WHERE '+#COLUMN_NAME+' < ' + cast( #var_for_cursor as VARCHAR(MAX))
SET #SQL = #sql + '
DECLARE #HIGH INT
SELECT #HIGH = MIN('+#COLUMN_NAME+') - 1 FROM '+#TABLE_NAME
+' WHERE '+#COLUMN_NAME+' > ' + cast( #var_for_cursor as VARCHAR(MAX))
SET #SQL = #sql + 'SELECT #LOW,#HIGH'
INSERT INTO #FINAL_RANGE
EXEC( #SQL)
fetch next from IdentityGapCursor
into #var_for_cursor
END
CLOSE IdentityGapCursor;
DEALLOCATE IdentityGapCursor;
SELECT ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY LOWER_MISSING_RANGE) AS 'Gap Number',* FROM #FINAL_RANGE
Found most of approaches run very, very slow in mysql. Here is my solution for mysql < 8.0. Tested on 1M records with a gap near the end ~ 1sec to finish. Not sure if it fits other SQL flavours.
SELECT cardNumber - 1
FROM
(SELECT #row_number := 0) as t,
(
SELECT (#row_number:=#row_number+1), cardNumber, cardNumber-#row_number AS diff
FROM cards
ORDER BY cardNumber
) as x
WHERE diff >= 1
LIMIT 0,1
I assume that sequence starts from `1`.
If your counter is starting from 1 and you want to generate first number of sequence (1) when empty, here is the corrected piece of code from first answer valid for Oracle:
SELECT
NVL(MIN(id + 1),1) AS gap
FROM
mytable mo
WHERE 1=1
AND NOT EXISTS
(
SELECT NULL
FROM mytable mi
WHERE mi.id = mo.id + 1
)
AND EXISTS
(
SELECT NULL
FROM mytable mi
WHERE mi.id = 1
)
DECLARE #Table AS TABLE(
[Value] int
)
INSERT INTO #Table ([Value])
VALUES
(1),(2),(4),(5),(6),(10),(20),(21),(22),(50),(51),(52),(53),(54),(55)
--Gaps
--Start End Size
--3 3 1
--7 9 3
--11 19 9
--23 49 27
SELECT [startTable].[Value]+1 [Start]
,[EndTable].[Value]-1 [End]
,([EndTable].[Value]-1) - ([startTable].[Value]) Size
FROM
(
SELECT [Value]
,ROW_NUMBER() OVER(PARTITION BY 1 ORDER BY [Value]) Record
FROM #Table
)AS startTable
JOIN
(
SELECT [Value]
,ROW_NUMBER() OVER(PARTITION BY 1 ORDER BY [Value]) Record
FROM #Table
)AS EndTable
ON [EndTable].Record = [startTable].Record+1
WHERE [startTable].[Value]+1 <>[EndTable].[Value]
If the numbers in the column are positive integers (starting from 1) then here is how to solve it easily. (assuming ID is your column name)
SELECT TEMP.ID
FROM (SELECT ROW_NUMBER() OVER () AS NUM FROM 'TABLE-NAME') AS TEMP
WHERE ID NOT IN (SELECT ID FROM 'TABLE-NAME')
ORDER BY 1 ASC LIMIT 1
SELECT ID+1 FROM table WHERE ID+1 NOT IN (SELECT ID FROM table) ORDER BY 1;
I have long list of rows with random values:
| id | value |
|----|-------|
| 1 | abcd |
| 2 | qwer |
| 3 | jklm |
| 4 | yxcv |
| 5 | tzui |
Then I have an array of few values:
array('qwer', 'jklm');
And I need to know, if this sequence of values from array already exists in table in given order. In this case the sequence of values exists.
I tried to concat all values from table and array and match two strings, which works great with few rows but there are actually hundred of thousand of rows in table. I believe there should be a better solution.
If your list is short, you could just do a self-join and spell out the conditions for each joined table reference:
select t1.id from MyTable as t1 join MyTable as t2
where t1.value='qwer' and t2.value='jklm' and t1.id=t2.id-1;
This returns an empty set if there's no such sequence. And of course it assumes that the id numbers are consecutive (they are in your example, but in general that's a risky assumption).
This doesn't work well if your list gets really long. There's a hard limit of 63 table references MySQL supports in a single query.
Here's another solution, which works for any size list, but only if your id values are known to be consecutive:
select t1.id from MyTable as t1 join MyTable as t2
on t2.id between t1.id and t1.id+1
where t1.value = 'qwer' and t2.value in ('qwer','jklm')
group by t1.id
having group_concat(t2.value order by t2.id) = 'qwer,jklm';
The t1 row is the beginning of the potential matching sequence of rows, so it must match the first value in your list.
Then join to the t2 rows, which are the complete set of potentially matching rows.
The set of t2 rows is also limited to a set no more than N rows, based on the size of your list of N values you're searching for. But SQL has no way of making a group based on the number of rows, we can only limit based on some value in the row. So that's why this works if your id values can be assumed to be consecutive.
This way you can do it for the whole set:
select value1, value2
from
(
select *
from (
SELECT [IMEPAC] value1 , ROW_NUMBER() over(order by [MATBR]) rn1
FROM [PACM]
) a1 join
(
SELECT [IMEPAC] value2 , ROW_NUMBER() over(order by [MATBR]) rn2
FROM [PACM]
) a2 on a1.rn1 = a2.rn2 + 1
) a
group by value1, value2
having count(*) > 1
It is written for MS SQL but you can easily rewrite it to fit mysql too.
I run this against table with > 400000 rows on IMEPAC which is not part of any index and it run (first and only once) for 6 sec.
Here is Mysql version:
select value1, value2, count(*) count
from
(
select *
from (
SELECT #row_number1:= #row_number1 + 1 AS rn1, content as value1
FROM docs,(SELECT #row_number1:=0) AS t
order by id
) a1 join
(
SELECT #row_number2:= #row_number2 + 1 AS rn2, content value2
FROM docs,(SELECT #row_number2:=0) AS t
order by id
) a2 on a1.rn1 = a2.rn2 + 1
) a
group by value1, value2
having count(*) > 1;
SQL Fiddle here
I have a table having id and no field, what I really want is the result raw will be repeated no filed times, if the no field is 2 then that raw must be repeated twice in result.
this is my sample table structure:
id no
1 3
2 2
3 1
now I need to get a result like:
1 3
1 3
1 3
2 2
2 2
3 1
I tried to write mysql query to get the result like above, but failed.
You need a table of numbers to accomplish this. For just three values, this is easy:
select t.id, t.no
from t join
(select 1 as n union all select 2 union all select 3
) n
on t.no <= n.no;
This query must do what you want to achieve:
select t.id, t.no from test t cross join test y where t.id>=y.id
not completely solve your problem, but this one can help
set #i=0;
select
test_table.*
from
test_table
join
(select
#i:=#i+1 as i
from
any_table_with_number_of_rows_greater_than_max_no_of_test_table
where
#i < (select max(no) from test_table)) tmp on no >= i
order by
id desc
EDIT :
This is on SQL Server. I checked online and see that CTEs work on MySQL too. Just couldn't get them to work on SQLFiddle
Try this, remove unwanted columns
create table #temp (id int, no int)
insert into #temp values (1, 2),(2, 3),(3, 5)
select * from #temp
;with cte as
(
select id, no, no-1 nom from #temp
union all
select c.id, c.no, c.nom-1 from cte c inner join #temp t on t.id = c.id and c.nom < t.no and c.nom > 0
)
select * from cte order by 1
drop table #temp
I have a SQL table thus:
username | rank
a | 0
b | 2
c | 5
d | 4
e | 5
f | 7
g | 1
h | 12
I want to use a single select statement that returns all rows that have rank greater than the value of user e's rank.
Is this possible with a single statement?
Yes it is possible.
SELECT * FROM MyTable
WHERE rank > (SELECT Rank FROM MyTable WHERE username = 'e')
or you can also use self-join for the same
SELECT t1.* FROM MyTable t1
JOIN MyTable t2
ON t1.Rank > t2.Rank
AND t2.username = 'e';
See this SQLFiddle
You can use subquery
SELECT * FROM `table` WHERE `rank` > (
SELECT `rank` FROM `table` WHERE `username` ='b' LIMIT 1)
This is just an edit script of #UweB.. It will return the max rank even if there are multiple rows for username='e'
SELECT *
FROM tbl
WHERE
tbl.rank > (
SELECT max(rank) FROM tbl WHERE username = 'e')
SELECT *
FROM tbl
WHERE
tbl.rank > (
SELECT rank FROM tbl WHERE username = 'e'
);
Note that this will only work if the sub-select (the part in brackets) returns a single value (one row, one column so to speak) only.
I have unique id and email fields. Emails get duplicated. I only want to keep one Email address of all the duplicates but with the latest id (the last inserted record).
How can I achieve this?
Imagine your table test contains the following data:
select id, email
from test;
ID EMAIL
---------------------- --------------------
1 aaa
2 bbb
3 ccc
4 bbb
5 ddd
6 eee
7 aaa
8 aaa
9 eee
So, we need to find all repeated emails and delete all of them, but the latest id.
In this case, aaa, bbb and eee are repeated, so we want to delete IDs 1, 7, 2 and 6.
To accomplish this, first we need to find all the repeated emails:
select email
from test
group by email
having count(*) > 1;
EMAIL
--------------------
aaa
bbb
eee
Then, from this dataset, we need to find the latest id for each one of these repeated emails:
select max(id) as lastId, email
from test
where email in (
select email
from test
group by email
having count(*) > 1
)
group by email;
LASTID EMAIL
---------------------- --------------------
8 aaa
4 bbb
9 eee
Finally we can now delete all of these emails with an Id smaller than LASTID. So the solution is:
delete test
from test
inner join (
select max(id) as lastId, email
from test
where email in (
select email
from test
group by email
having count(*) > 1
)
group by email
) duplic on duplic.email = test.email
where test.id < duplic.lastId;
I don't have mySql installed on this machine right now, but should work
Update
The above delete works, but I found a more optimized version:
delete test
from test
inner join (
select max(id) as lastId, email
from test
group by email
having count(*) > 1) duplic on duplic.email = test.email
where test.id < duplic.lastId;
You can see that it deletes the oldest duplicates, i.e. 1, 7, 2, 6:
select * from test;
+----+-------+
| id | email |
+----+-------+
| 3 | ccc |
| 4 | bbb |
| 5 | ddd |
| 8 | aaa |
| 9 | eee |
+----+-------+
Another version, is the delete provived by Rene Limon
delete from test
where id not in (
select max(id)
from test
group by email)
Try this method
DELETE t1 FROM test t1, test t2
WHERE t1.id > t2.id AND t1.email = t2.email
Correct way is
DELETE FROM `tablename`
WHERE `id` NOT IN (
SELECT * FROM (
SELECT MAX(`id`) FROM `tablename`
GROUP BY `name`
)
)
DELETE
FROM
`tbl_job_title`
WHERE id NOT IN
(SELECT
*
FROM
(SELECT
MAX(id)
FROM
`tbl_job_title`
GROUP BY NAME) tbl)
revised and working version!!! thank you #Gaurav
If you want to keep the row with the lowest id value:
DELETE n1 FROM 'yourTableName' n1, 'yourTableName' n2 WHERE n1.id > n2.id AND n1.email = n2.email
If you want to keep the row with the highest id value:
DELETE n1 FROM 'yourTableName' n1, 'yourTableName' n2 WHERE n1.id < n2.id AND n1.email = n2.email
or this query might also help
DELETE FROM `yourTableName`
WHERE id NOT IN (
SELECT * FROM (
SELECT MAX(id) FROM yourTableName
GROUP BY name
)
)
I must say that the optimized version is one sweet, elegant piece of code, and it works like a charm even when the comparison is performed on a DATETIME column. This is what I used in my script, where I was searching for the latest contract end date for each EmployeeID:
DELETE CurrentContractData
FROM CurrentContractData
INNER JOIN (
SELECT
EmployeeID,
PeriodofPerformanceStartDate,
max(PeriodofPerformanceEndDate) as lastDate,
ContractID
FROM CurrentContractData
GROUP BY EmployeeID
HAVING COUNT(*) > 1) Duplicate on Duplicate.EmployeeID = CurrentContractData.EmployeeID
WHERE CurrentContractData.PeriodofPerformanceEndDate < Duplicate.lastDate;
Many thanks!
I personally had trouble with the top two voted answers. It's not the cleanest solution but you can utilize temporary tables to avoid all the issues MySQL has with deleting via joining on the same table.
CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE deleteRows;
SELECT MIN(id) as id FROM myTable GROUP BY myTable.email;
DELETE FROM myTable
WHERE id NOT IN (SELECT id FROM deleteRows);
DELIMITER //
CREATE FUNCTION findColumnNames(tableName VARCHAR(255))
RETURNS TEXT
BEGIN
SET #colNames = "";
SELECT GROUP_CONCAT(COLUMN_NAME) FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.columns
WHERE TABLE_NAME = tableName
GROUP BY TABLE_NAME INTO #colNames;
RETURN #colNames;
END //
DELIMITER ;
DELIMITER //
CREATE PROCEDURE deleteDuplicateRecords (IN tableName VARCHAR(255))
BEGIN
SET #colNames = findColumnNames(tableName);
SET #addIDStmt = CONCAT("ALTER TABLE ",tableName," ADD COLUMN id INT AUTO_INCREMENT KEY;");
SET #deleteDupsStmt = CONCAT("DELETE FROM ",tableName," WHERE id NOT IN
( SELECT * FROM ",
" (SELECT min(id) FROM ",tableName," group by ",findColumnNames(tableName),") AS tmpTable);");
set #dropIDStmt = CONCAT("ALTER TABLE ",tableName," DROP COLUMN id");
PREPARE addIDStmt FROM #addIDStmt;
EXECUTE addIDStmt;
PREPARE deleteDupsStmt FROM #deleteDupsStmt;
EXECUTE deleteDupsStmt;
PREPARE dropIDStmt FROM #dropIDStmt;
EXECUTE dropIDstmt;
END //
DELIMITER ;
Nice stored procedure I created for deleting all duplicate records of a table without needing an existing unique id on that table.
CALL deleteDuplicateRecords("yourTableName");
I want to remove duplicate records based on multiple columns in table, so this approach worked for me,
Step 1 - Get max id or unique id from duplocate records
select * FROM ( SELECT MAX(id) FROM table_name
group by travel_intimation_id,approved_by,approval_type,approval_status having
count(*) > 1
Step 2 - Get ids of single records from table
select * FROM ( SELECT id FROM table_name
group by travel_intimation_id,approved_by,approval_type,approval_status having
count(*) = 1
Step 3 - Exclude above 2 queries from delete to
DELETE FROM `table_name`
WHERE
id NOT IN (paste step 1 query) a //to exclude duplicate records
and
id NOT IN (paste step 2 query) b // to exclude single records
Final Query :-
DELETE FROM `table_name`
WHERE id NOT IN (
select * FROM ( SELECT MAX(id) FROM table_name
group by travel_intimation_id,approved_by,approval_type,approval_status having
count(*) > 1) a
)
and id not in (
select * FROM ( SELECT id FROM table_name
group by travel_intimation_id,approved_by,approval_type,approval_status having
count(*) = 1) b
);
By this query only duplocate records will delete.
Please try the following solution (based on the comments of the '#Jose Rui Santos' answer):
-- Set safe mode to false since;
-- You are using safe update mode and tried to update a table without a WHERE that uses a KEY column
SET SQL_SAFE_UPDATES = 0;
-- Delete the duplicate rows based on the field_with_duplicate_values
-- Keep the unique rows with the highest id
DELETE FROM table_to_deduplicate
WHERE id NOT IN (
SELECT * FROM (
-- Select the highest id grouped by the field_with_duplicate_values
SELECT MAX(id)
FROM table_to_deduplicate
GROUP BY field_with_duplicate_values
)
-- Subquery and alias needed since;
-- You can't specify target table 'table_to_deduplicate' for update in FROM clause
AS table_sub
);
-- Set safe mode to true
SET SQL_SAFE_UPDATES = 1;