Sådan gjorde jeg.
Jeg genbrugte et ubrugt felt i patient tabel for at markere ikke-duplikerede (N), 1. af duplikerede (X) og andre duplikerede patienter (Y). Du kan også tilføje en kolonne til dette (og droppe den efter brug).
Her er de trin, jeg fulgte for at rydde op i min database:
/*1: List duplicated */
select pk,pat_id, t.`pat_id_issuer`, t.`pat_name`, t.pat_custom1
from patient t
where pat_id in (
select pat_id from (
select pat_id, count(*)
from patient
group by 1
having count(*)>1
) xxx);
/*2: Delete orphan patients */
delete from patient where pk not in (select patient_fk from study);
/*3: Reset flag for duplicated (or not) patients*/
update patient t set t.`pat_custom1`='N';
/*4: Mark all duplicated */
update patient t set t.`pat_custom1`='Y'
where pat_id in (
select pat_id from (
select pat_id, count(*)
from patient
group by 1
having count(*)>1
) xxx) ;
/*5: Unmark the 1st of the duplicated*/
update patient t
join (select pk from (
select min(pk) as pk, pat_id from patient
where pat_custom1='Y'
group by pat_id
) xxx ) x
on (x.pk=t.pk)
set t.`pat_custom1`='X'
where pat_custom1='Y'
;
/*6: Verify update is correct*/
select pk, pat_id,pat_custom1
from `patient`
where pat_custom1!='N'
order by pat_id, pat_custom1;
/*7: Verify studies linked to duplicated patient */
select p.* from study s
join patient p on (p.pk=s.patient_fk)
where p.pat_custom1='Y';
/*8: Relink duplicated patients */
update study s
join patient p on (p.pk=s.patient_fk)
set patient_fk = (select pk from patient pp
where pp.pat_id=p.pat_id and pp.pat_custom1='X')
where p.pat_custom1='Y';
/*9: Delete newly orphan patients */
delete from patient where pk not in (select patient_fk from study);
/* 10: reset flag */
update patient t set t.`pat_custom1`=null;
/* 11: Commit changes */
commit;
Der er bestemt en kortere vej, med en noget smartere (kompliceret?) SQL, men jeg foretrækker personligt den simple måde. Dette giver mig også mulighed for at kontrollere, at hvert trin gør, hvad jeg forventer.