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Aaron Chu wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I have a table which has a column of surnames (string) and I would like
> to know how can I retrieve (SELECT) all the repeated surnames, i.e.
> more than one person who has the same surname.

select surname, count('a') from table
group by surname
having count('a') > 1
order by surname

/Björn