On 5/21/2012 12:01 PM, Paul McNett wrote: > On 5/21/12 6:36 AM, Ted Roche wrote: >> SELECT DISTINCT<fieldlist>... creates a set of rows with unique >> values: no two rows are identical, although individual column values >> may be repeated. > > It's strange and I've never quite put my finger on why, but I never use > DISTINCT on > my own databases. I occasionally seem to need to use it on inherited > databases, > though, and I see it in online tutorials all the time. >
So you're instead using a GROUP BY to achieve the same thing? -- Mike Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC President, Chief Software Architect http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com http://fabmate.com http://twitter.com/mbabcock16 _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
