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Detect Duplicate Rows in SQL
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Detect Duplicate Rows in SQL

MediumSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Provide a SQL query to find duplicates in a database table.

Assume a row is a duplicate when its email value appears more than once; NULL email values are not considered duplicates. Return every table row belonging to a duplicated email value.

Output

  1. One row per duplicated user record
  2. Columns: user_id, email, full_name, created_at, and duplicate_count
  3. Include only email values appearing at least twice
  4. Sort by email ascending, then user_id ascending

Schema

users
ColumnTypeDescription
user_idPKINTUnique user identifier
emailVARCHAR(255)User email address
full_nameVARCHAR(150)User's full name
created_atTIMESTAMPTZTimestamp when the user record was created
Tablesusers
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