Re: [SQL] distinct values without seq scan

2004-04-07 Thread Josh Berkus
Bret, > I have a table indexed on a char(35) field and want a query to return a > distinct list of the values in this column. Is there some syntactical > magic I can do to get these values without a sequential scan? I assume, > ( here we go again ) that these values are in the index somewhere an

[SQL] distinct values without seq scan

2004-04-06 Thread Bret Hughes
I have a table indexed on a char(35) field and want a query to return a distinct list of the values in this column. Is there some syntactical magic I can do to get these values without a sequential scan? I assume, ( here we go again ) that these values are in the index somewhere and I seem to rec

RE: [SQL] Distinct Values

2001-06-06 Thread KuroiNeko
> Author URL > --- > A http://www.xyz http://www.abc .com > - - > B http://www.def http://www.ijk http://www.rst .com > - - > > If that is what you want, you cannot manage it. Sure, in no way this is possible with SQL (in

Re: [SQL] Distinct Values

2001-06-05 Thread Stephan Szabo
On Wed, 30 May 2001, Nicolas wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to retreive DISTINCT Values from a two colomn table called > "Books". The colomns are named "Author" and "URL". > DISTINCT values should be retieved from the "Author" Colomn , and then I > should be able to retrieve the corresponding URL.

[SQL] Distinct Values

2001-06-05 Thread Nicolas
Hi, I'm trying to retreive DISTINCT Values from a two colomn table called "Books". The colomns are named "Author" and "URL". DISTINCT values should be retieved from the "Author" Colomn , and then I should be able to retrieve the corresponding URL. How do I build the SQL Query ? I tried to use: "S