Fix DB duplicate entries (MySQL bug)
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I'm using MySQL 4.1. Some tables have duplicates entries that go against the constraints.
When I try to group rows, MySQL doesn't recognise the rows as being similar.
Example:
Table A has a column "Name" with the Unique proprety.
The table contains one row with the name 'Hach?' and one row with the same name but a square at the end instead of the '?' (which I can't reproduce in this textfield)
A "Group by" on these 2 rows return 2 separate rows
This cause several problems including the fact that I can't export and reimport the database. On reimporting an error mentions that a Insert has failed because it violates a constraint.
In theory I could try to import, wait for the first error, fix the import script and the original DB, and repeat. In pratice, that would take forever.
Is there a way to list all the anomalies or force the database to recheck constraints (and list all the values/rows that go against them) ?
I can supply the .MYD file if it can be helpful.
