PostgreSQL Version 7.3.0 I hope I am not Cross Posting..with psql-novice..If so..sorry..
We have a situation where in our application the user provides the Order Number for a delivery document. When the Order Number is entered we need to determine if the Order Number already exists and raise a flag if it does exist. In another language I would do: find first Order where Order.Order_num = "1111". if avaialble Order then it_exists = true. In PostgreSQL ?: SELECT DISTINCT Order_num from Order_header where Order_num = '1111'; Is this close? If so, how to raise flage that row exists? How we do somthing like this in SQL? -- Hal Davison Davison Consulting ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend