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PONormalizing a Table with Low Integrity
 

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    <p>I've been handed a table with about 18000 rows. Each record describes the location of one customer. The issue is, that when the person created the table, they did not add a field for "Company Name", only "Location Name," and one company can have many locations.</p> <p>For example, here are some records that describe the same customer:</p> <p><strong>Location Table</strong></p> <pre><code> ID Location_Name 1 TownShop#1 2 Town Shop - Loc 2 3 The Town Shop 4 TTS - Someplace 5 Town Shop,the 3 6 Toen Shop4 </code></pre> <p>My goal is to make it look like:</p> <p><strong>Location Table</strong></p> <pre><code> ID Company_ID Location_Name 1 1 Town Shop#1 2 1 Town Shop - Loc 2 3 1 The Town Shop 4 1 TTS - Someplace 5 1 Town Shop,the 3 6 1 Toen Shop4 </code></pre> <p><strong>Company Table</strong></p> <pre><code> Company_ID Company_Name 1 The Town Shop </code></pre> <p>There is no "Company" table, I will have to generate the Company Name list from the most descriptive or best Location Name that represents the multiple locations.</p> <p>Currently I am thinking I need to generate a list of Location Names that are similar, and then and go through that list by hand.</p> <p>Any suggestions on how I can approach this is appreciated.</p> <p><strong>@Neall, Thank you for your statement, but unfortunately, each location name is distinct, there are no duplicate location names, only similar. So in the results from your statement "repcount" is 1 in each row.</strong></p> <p><strong>@yukondude, Your step 4 is the heart of my question.</strong></p>
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