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SQL Duplicate Records Query
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SQL Duplicate Records Query

EasySQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Grail's assay-ingestion pipeline records each received sample in assay_ingestion_records. A repeated sample_identifier can indicate a retried upload or an upstream data-quality issue.

Write a PostgreSQL query to find non-null sample identifiers that occur more than once.

Requirements

  1. Return each duplicated sample_identifier and the number of records using the alias duplicate_count.
  2. Exclude rows where sample_identifier is NULL, and sort results by duplicate_count descending, then sample_identifier ascending.

Schema

assay_ingestion_records
ColumnTypeDescription
ingestion_idPKINTEGERUnique identifier for an ingestion record.
sample_identifierVARCHAR(50)Identifier assigned to an assay sample.
received_atTIMESTAMPTimestamp when the record was received.
source_systemVARCHAR(30)System that submitted the ingestion record.
Tablesassay_ingestion_records
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