This is how you can find or take a quick look of duplicate data in your table (incase you don’t set that field as unique)
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mysql> use google_voucher_db
Reading table information for completion of table and column names
You can turn off this feature to get a quicker startup with -A
Database changed
mysql> select v_code,count(v_code) as total from tbl_kd_voucher group by code HAVING ( COUNT(v_code) > 1 );
Empty set (0.06 sec)
the quick and easiest way is protect your field as unique, but in some cases you might find something unusual so just use the query above
mysql> alter table tbl_kd_voucher add unique (v_code);
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