On Fri, 7 Jul 2006, Michael Loftis wrote:
> OK I'm either insane or found a bug in 8.1.3
>
> If you execute say:
>
> SELECT DISTINCT(ua.user_id),pa.poll_id FROM user_answers ua, poll_answers
> pa WHERE pa.poll_answer_id = ua.poll_answer_id AND ua.active='Y';
>
> Everything is fine, however if you run
>
> SELECT pa.poll_id,DISTINCT(ua.user_id) FROM user_answers ua, poll_answers
> pa WHERE pa.poll_answer_id = ua.poll_answer_id AND ua.active='Y';
This statement is invalid. DISTINCT is a set quantifier and either comes
before the select list or as the first thing in a set function
specification.
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