Using count(*) over(partition by...)
provides a simple and efficient means to locate unwanted repetition, whilst also list all affected rows and all wanted columns:
SELECT
t.*
FROM (
SELECT
s.*
, COUNT(*) OVER (PARTITION BY s.name, s.city) AS qty
FROM stuff s
) t
WHERE t.qty > 1
ORDER BY t.name, t.city
While most recent RDBMS versions support count(*) over(partition by...)
MySQL V 8.0 introduced "window functions", as seen below (in MySQL 8.0)
CREATE TABLE stuff(
id INTEGER NOT NULL
,name VARCHAR(60) NOT NULL
,city VARCHAR(60) NOT NULL
);
INSERT INTO stuff(id,name,city) VALUES
(904834,'jim','London')
, (904835,'jim','London')
, (90145,'Fred','Paris')
, (90132,'Fred','Paris')
, (90133,'Fred','Paris')
, (923457,'Barney','New York')
;
SELECT
t.*
FROM (
SELECT
s.*
, COUNT(*) OVER (PARTITION BY s.name, s.city) AS qty
FROM stuff s
) t
WHERE t.qty > 1
ORDER BY t.name, t.city
id | name | city | qty
-----: | :--- | :----- | --:
90145 | Fred | Paris | 3
90132 | Fred | Paris | 3
90133 | Fred | Paris | 3
904834 | jim | London | 2
904835 | jim | London | 2
db<>fiddle here
Window functions. MySQL now supports window functions that, for each row from a query, perform a calculation using rows related to
that row. These include functions such as RANK(), LAG(), and NTILE().
In addition, several existing aggregate functions now can be used as
window functions; for example, SUM() and AVG(). For more information,
see Section 12.21, “Window Functions”.
name
orcity
containnull
, then they will fail to be reported in the outer query, but will be matched in the inner query.