SELECT duplicates in a table

From: "Kall, Bruce A(dot)" <kall(at)mayo(dot)edu>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: SELECT duplicates in a table
Date: 2004-11-22 17:37:17
Message-ID: 41A223CD.6040709@mayo.edu
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I've look for a solution to this, but have only been able to find
solutions to delete duplicate entries in a table by deleting entries not
returned by SELECT DISTINCT.

What sql should I use to SELECT entries in a table that have two
particular column values that match?

For example, my_table has
name, phone number, identification_number, zip code, date of birth, and city

I want to SELECT rows from this table that have the same values in
identification and date of birth (duplicates) so I can have the user
look at them in order to figure out which one to delete.

I tried something like:

$db_sql = "SELECT * FROM my_table GROUP BY identification_number
HAVING count(date_of_birth) > 1 ORDER BY name"

but that doesn't seem to work.

Thanks,
Bruce

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