The problem with select distinct is if you're select more than one column at
a time. It will return distinct ROWS. Not just the one column you specify.
--K
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From: Harold Goodson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, August 11, 2000 10:48 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Select Distinct not so distinct
Hi all,
I'm trying to select all of the values from a table where type=foo and I
would like to eliminate duplicates based on name.
EG.
SQL="select distinct(name), other, field, names from table where type = foo"
-this returns every field where type is a match.
SQL="select distinct(name) from table where type = foo"
-this works but does not retrieve additional field info.
Am I to understand that select distinct cannot be utilized in this fashion?
It works if I select the name field only, but if I want more than the name
field it returns all matches. I cannot ask that the database be
restructured.
Is that just the way it is?
-Andy
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