Hi, Is there any better alternative to get the first record from each group? "subno" is an integer. The record with the smallest subno in each group is the first record in the group.
select itemno, measureunit, extaxprice from itmt_purchase where subno in (select min(subno)as subno from itmt_purchase group by itemno order by itemno) order by itemno, measureunit; -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.6 - Release Date: 07/02/05 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly