Thanks Michael, it works. Yes, both the ownpct and mastbred have comp_no fields, and one horse may have multiple owners, and one owner may own multiple horses, but I only want to list each owner once, therefore the "distinct".
I have a third (now second) "select" to pull the owners detail information. Speed is fast for either as we're not talking big tables, but is one way considered more "professional" than the other.? James E Harvey Hanover Shoe Farms, Inc. M.I.S./Corresponding Officer Off: 717-637-8931 fax: 717-637-6766 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MB Software Solutions Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 10:50 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: select question James E Harvey wrote: > Is there a "better" way, can it be done in one "select"? > > Select comp_no from mastbred where yearbred = 2007 into cursor lc_mastbred > > Select acct_no from ownpct where (select comp_no from lc_mastbred) group by > acct_no > > > SORRY JIM -- I LEFT OUT THE DISTINCT CLAUSE BELOW IN THE LAST EMAIL...DON'T TELL TR--HE'LL SAY I'M JUICING MY STATS. <G> I think you're missing something above...that wouldn't work. Perhaps ownpct has a corresponding field to mastbred called comp_no? select DISTINCT o1.acct_no from ownpct o1 inner join mastbred m1 on m1.comp_no = o1.comp_no where m1.yearbred = 2007 ??? -- Michael J. Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com http://fabmate.com "Work smarter, not harder, with MBSS custom software solutions!" [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ 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.
