Jeremy, > Am I just approaching this all wrong and need to create a temporary table > and draw from that, or is there a way to salvage this query?
Think about using a subquery instead of the DISTINCT ON approach. I don't think you can get what you want with DISTINCT ON. A temporary table is not necessary. -- -Josh Berkus Aglio Database Solutions San Francisco ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])