Peter, For the rest of our sakes, in the future, please format your SQL before posting it to request help.
> CREATE TEMP TABLE temp20561149207391 AS SELECT DISTINCT ON ("VisitorID") > "VisitorID","Type" FROM "ProgramEvent" WHERE "ProgramID" = 10 ORDER BY > "VisitorID","Created" DESC;INSERT INTO "VisitorPointer839" ("VisitorID") > SELECT temp20561149207391."VisitorID" FROM temp20561149207391 WHERE > temp20561149207391."Type" = 0 Can be re-written as: INSERT INTO "VisitorPointer839" ("VisitorID") SELECT "VisitorID" FROM ( SELECT DISTINCT ON ("VisitorID") "VisitorID","Type" FROM "ProgramEvent" WHERE "ProgramID" = 10 ORDER BY "VisitorID","Created" DESC ) v_first WHERE v_first."Type" = 0; Please also keep in mind that the SELECT DISTINCT ON syntax is a PostgreSQL-specific extension and is not portable. -- -Josh Berkus Aglio Database Solutions San Francisco ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org