Find and update specific duplicates in MS SQL - sql

Question

given below table:
+----+---------+-----------+-------------+-------+
| ID | NAME | LAST NAME | PHONE | STATE |
+----+---------+-----------+-------------+-------+
| 1 | James | Vangohg | 04333989878 | NULL |
| 2 | Ashly | Baboon | 09898788909 | NULL |
| 3 | James | Vangohg | 04333989878 | NULL |
| 4 | Ashly | Baboon | 09898788909 | NULL |
| 5 | Michael | Foo | 02933889990 | NULL |
| 6 | James | Vangohg | 04333989878 | NULL |
+----+---------+-----------+-------------+-------+
I want to use MS SQL to find and update duplicate (based on name, last name and number) but only the earlier one(s). So desired result for above table is:
+----+---------+-----------+-------------+-------+
| ID | NAME | LAST NAME | PHONE | STATE |
+----+---------+-----------+-------------+-------+
| 1 | James | Vangohg | 04333989878 | DUPE |
| 2 | Ashly | Baboon | 09898788909 | DUPE |
| 3 | James | Vangohg | 04333989878 | DUPE |
| 4 | Ashly | Baboon | 09898788909 | NULL |
| 5 | Michael | Foo | 02933889990 | NULL |
| 6 | James | Vangohg | 04333989878 | NULL |
+----+---------+-----------+-------------+-------+

Answer 1

This query uses a CTE to apply a row number, where any number > 1 is a dupe of the row with the highest ID.
;WITH x AS
(
SELECT ID,NAME,[LAST NAME],PHONE,STATE,
ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY NAME,[LAST NAME],PHONE ORDER BY ID DESC)
FROM dbo.YourTable
)
UPDATE x SET STATE = CASE rn WHEN 1 THEN NULL ELSE 'DUPE' END;
Of course, I see no reason to actually update the table with this information; every time the table is touched, this data is stale and the query must be re-applied. Since you can derive this information at run-time, this should be part of a query, not constantly updated in the table. IMHO.

Answer 2

Try this statement.
LAST UPDATE:
update t1
set
t1.STATE = 'DUPE'
from
TableName t1
join
(
select name, last_name, phone, max(id) as id, count(id) as cnt
from
TableName
group by name, last_name, phone
having count(id) > 1
) t2 on ( t1.name = t2.name and t1.last_name = t2.last_name and t1.phone = t2.phone and t1.id < t2.id)

Answer 3

If my understanding of your requirements is correct, you want to update all of the STATE values to DUPE when there exists another row with a higher ID value that has the same NAME and LAST NAME. If so, use this:
update t set STATE = (case when sorted.RowNbr = 1 then null else 'DUPE' end)
from yourtable t
join (select
ID,
row_number() over
(partition by name, [last name], phone order by id desc) as RowNbr from yourtable)
sorted on sorted.ID = t.ID