That's right...exactly the conclusion I thought of after I emailed. I should have just used the DISTINCT function.
Question: What's the benefit to using the alias? Is there a benefit or is its usage just required? Could it just be: Select distinct Book_Genre from Books order by Book_Genre ??? Rick -----Original Message----- From: Alan Rother [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 3:55 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Group By function for MS SQL Server Express 2005? SELECT DISTINCT(Book_Genre) AS MyGenre FROM Books ORDER BY Book_Genre This will accomplish what you want. =] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:243404 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
