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Looking for invaild names
I have a database with a whole lot of records (over 70 mill) I am looking for a quick way to search the name fields for incorrect names and give me a count.
Example: ttthomas wwwagner jonnnes willllliams fredrickkkk collinssss I mostly need it to search for 3 or more duplicate characters in a row, but through the whole name. I am not sure if this is even possible. Any help would be greatly appreciated. |
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select count(*) from yourtable where name like '%aaa%'
or name like '%bbb%' or name like '%ccc%' or name like '%ddd%' or name like '%eee%' or name like '%fff%' or name like '%ggg%' or name like '%hhh%' or name like '%iii%' or name like '%jjj%' or name like '%kkk%' or name like '%lll%' or name like '%mmm%' or name like '%nnn%' or name like '%ooo%' or name like '%ppp%' or name like '%qqq%' or name like '%rrr%' or name like '%sss%' or name like '%ttt%' or name like '%uuu%' or name like '%vvv%' or name like '%www%' or name like '%xxx%' or name like '%yyy%' or name like '%zzz%' |
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