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WITH data AS
(SELECT column_to_test,
count(*) OVER (PARTITION BY column_to_test), other_columns_to_output
FROM schema.table )
SELECT *
FROM data
WHERE count > 1
ORDER BY column_to_test;
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wriglz / delete_lines_from_txt_file_containing_specific_string.sh
Last active January 22, 2020 16:57
Remove lines from a text file containing a specific string
# Directly modify file & create a backup
sed -i.bak '/pattern to match/d' ./input_file
# Directly modify file - no backup
sed -i '' '/pattern to match/d' ./infile
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wriglz / drop_all_connections.sql
Last active January 9, 2020 14:41
Drop all connections to a Postgres database so you can drop the DB. Make sure you are not currently connected to the database that you wish to drop!
SELECT pg_terminate_backend(pg_stat_activity.pid)
FROM pg_stat_activity
WHERE pg_stat_activity.datname = 'TARGET_DB' -- ← change this to your DB
AND pid <> pg_backend_pid();
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wriglz / rename_multiple_columns.sql
Created December 5, 2018 16:25
Rename columns across multiple tables in the same schema in Postgres
-- Call function with the schema name
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION rename_columns(_schema text) RETURNS VOID AS $func$
DECLARE
rec RECORD;
table RECORD;
result RECORD;
sql TEXT := '';
i INTEGER;
BEGIN