Thanks Buddy;

SELECT DISTINCT was what I was after, and it worked!

Lin

On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 10:06:37 -0500, "Walker, Buddy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
.edu> said:

Lin

  You could project a new table from sourcetable containing the 2
letter codes and then do an insert.


 PROJECT NewTableName FROM sourcetable USI LetterCodeColumn WHERE
COUNT = 0


 INSERT INTO NewTableName (LetterCodeColumn) SELECT
DISTINCT(LetterCodeColumn) +

 FROM sourcetable


 You could also do this (this could take some time if the table
has a lot of rows)


 PROJECT NewTableName FROM sourcetable USI ALL

 DELETE DUP FROM NewTableName USI LetterCodeColumn



Buddy


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From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Lin MacDonald
Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 9:24 AM
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Subject: [RBASE-L] - Load a table from values in another


One of the really nice things about redesigning something after
15 years is that it gives me an oppurtunity to correct problems
that have bugged me for a long time!  And, this is another one.
I have a table with a column that contains 2 letter codes.  There
can be many rows that will contain the same code.  I'd like to
load another table with 1 instance of each of the codes that
appear in the first table.  This is a one shot deal; just to get
a new table up and running.  Is there a function that would help
me with this?  Seems to me that I remember something about one.
thanks,
Lin

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