SQL select column value with biggest number of duplicates

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I am having a problem I can't seem to solve. I have a data table that looks like this:

Example: http://i.stack.imgur.com/tbKEk.png

I need to select the ID_JOB value which is duplicated the most. In this particular example it would be ID_JOB = 1.

Posted 19-Dec-13 14:12pm

Parthanaux

Updated 19-Dec-13 14:14pm

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[no name] 19-Dec-13 20:22pm

To make it very clear: You are searching for MAX(Duplicate.ID_JOB), ID_MISTER does not count anyway?

joginder-banger 19-Dec-13 21:55pm

what's you want's??

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creepz03 · Answer 1 · 2013-12-19T14:44:00

Solution 1

try this.. if you want to get the highest, remove the top 1 if you just want to display their counts.

SQL

SELECT TOP 1
   COUNT(ID_JOB)
FROM YOURTABLE
GROUP BY ID_JOB
ORDER BY COUNT(ID_JOB) DESC

Posted 19-Dec-13 14:44pm

creepz03

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[no name] 19-Dec-13 20:49pm

Yep you got it 5.

ArunRajendra 19-Dec-13 22:25pm

This is right but the need is to show the ID and not count. Can you modify the query.

Maciej Los 22-Dec-13 9:51am

Is it so hard to modify it?

SELECT ID, COUNT(ID)
...
GROUP BY ID