MySQL:duplicaten vinden in meerdere velden

het is te doen, maar weet niet zeker of het efficiënter is dan het alleen op applicatieniveau te doen:

uw tafel:

mysql> select * from test;
+----+--------+--------+--------+
| id | field1 | field2 | field3 |
+----+--------+--------+--------+
|  1 | A      | B      | C      |
|  2 | D      | E      | F      |
|  3 | A      | H      | I      |
|  4 | J      | K      | A      |
|  5 | M      | D      | O      |
+----+--------+--------+--------+
5 rows in set (0.00 sec)

selecteer om dupes te vinden:

mysql> select count(value) as dupe_count,value from (select field1 as value from test union all select field2 from test union all select field3 from test) as tbl group by value having count(value) > 1 order by 1 desc;
+------------+-------+
| dupe_count | value |
+------------+-------+
|          3 | A     |
|          2 | D     |
+------------+-------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)

in feite verenig je de drie kolommen tot één en zoek je naar dupes