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Asked: May 25, 20262026-05-25T14:58:54+00:00 2026-05-25T14:58:54+00:00

I am able to find out the duplicate data using this query SELECT names

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I am able to find out the duplicate data using this query

   SELECT names FROM group GROUP BY names HAVING count(*) > 1

I am able to get the duplicate data.I just need to know how to rename this duplicate data with the name to new

  INPUT
+-----------------+               
| names           |
+-----------------+
| text1           |
| text2           |
| text3           |
| text1           |
| text3           |
| text4           |
+-----------------+

OUTPUT  
+-----------------+
| names           |
+-----------------+ 
| text1           |
| text2           |
| text3           |
| text1 new value |->RENAMED
| text3 new value |->RENAMED
| text4           |
+-----------------+
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    2026-05-25T14:58:55+00:00Added an answer on May 25, 2026 at 2:58 pm

    Assuming you have some sort of primary key on the table, like an auto increment id, you can do the following.

    UPDATE group 
    SET names = CONCAT(names,' Copy 1')
    WHERE ID IN
    (
    SELECT MAX(ID) 
    FROM group 
    GROUP BY names 
    HAVING count(*) > 1
    );
    

    To explain, it will find anything with a duplicate, pick up the Maximum ID for anything in that set, and append “copy 1” to the end of it. You may still have some left as duplicates if you had certain names 3 or more times. Just run it again , this time with ‘copy 2’ instead of ‘copy 1’. Keep repeating this process until you get rid of all the duplicaates.

    Update. To borrow an idea from @Yahia and use UUID, you can do the following if you want to do it all in one query.

    UPDATE group 
    SET names = CONCAT(names, CONCAT ( ' Copy ', UUID_SHORT() ) )
    WHERE 
    ID NOT IN
    (
    SELECT MIN(ID) 
    FROM group 
    GROUP BY names 
    HAVING count(*) > 1
    ) AND
    ID IN
    (
    SELECT ID
    FROM group AS G1
    INNER JOIN group AS G2
    ON G1.names = G2.names AND G1.ID <> G2.ID
    );
    
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