On 2012-06-14, Gary Aitken <mysql@stripped> wrote:
>
> So... I wanted to read the data line at a time and use a plain INSERT statement.
> That way I could check for duplicate keys and discover where the duplicate records are.
> However, I can't find a way to read input from the console or a file. What am I missing?
> I know I could write a java or C++ program to do this, but it seems like overkill for what
> should be a trivial task.
Actually, what might make more sense is to use un*x command line tools
to help. Use cut to extract only the columns of your primary key, use
sort (not with -u!) to sort the rows, and use uniq -d to print out only
duplicate lines. e.g.
cut -f1 mytable.tab | sort | uniq -d
It won't tell you which line number(s) are problematic, however; it just
tells you which values for your PK are duplicated. If you need the line
number use one of the other suggestions.
--keith
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