SQL: Select rows with a column value that occurs at least N times?

Question

Suppose I have a SQL table \"Celebrities\" with two columns: \"fname\" and \"lname\":

fname    | lname    
---------+-------  
Bill     | Clinton
Bill     |          


        

Answer 1

select fname, lname
from 
  (
    select fname, lname, count(*) over(partition by lname) as lcount
    from Celebrities
  ) as S
where lcount > 1

Tested in SQL Server 2008. Might work in other DBMS that support count(*) over(...)

Answer 2

Using a JOIN:

SELECT a.*
  FROM CELEBRITIES a
  JOIN (SELECT c.lname
          FROM CELEBRITIES c
      GROUP BY c.lname
        HAVING COUNT(*) >= 2) b ON b.lname = a.lname

Using EXISTS:

SELECT a.*
  FROM CELEBRITIES a
 WHERE EXISTS (SELECT NULL
                 FROM CELEBRITIES c
                WHERE c.lname = a.lname
             GROUP BY c.lname
               HAVING COUNT(*) >= 2) 

Answer 3

SELECT fname, lname FROM Celebrities 
WHERE lname IN 
 (SELECT lname FROM Celebrities 
  GROUP BY lname HAVING COUNT (lname) >1)