Re: count (*) - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Albe Laurenz
Subject Re: count (*)
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Msg-id D960CB61B694CF459DCFB4B0128514C2360F1C@exadv11.host.magwien.gv.at
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In response to count (*)  (alonso <test895@gmail.com>)
List pgsql-general
alonso wrote:
> I've got it, but I don't know the reason of it.
> In the database table the records have duplicated and I've
> two rows for
> every primary key - with different OIDs.
> Very strange however...

Very strange indeed.

Are you positive that there is a primary key constraint on
the column? Can you show some evidence?

> Is there any safe method to get rid of only one of each
> duplicated row?

If "id" is your "primary key":

DELETE FROM test USING test a
WHERE test.id = a.id AND test.oid > a.oid;

Yours,
Laurenz Albe

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