The keyword DISTINCT indicates a distinct row that is returned in the 
query, it cannot be used to return rows that are only distinct on two 
columns in a query which contains more than the two columns of interest.

-dhs



At 03:52 PM 12/12/01 -0500, you wrote:
>I'm trying to query the contents of a table based on the combination of 2
>columns being distinct.
>So far I have
>
>SELECT DISTINCT
>ColB, ColC
>FROM table_1
>
>This query pulls the rows I'm looking for,
>but now how do I get all the other columns that are in the table?
>
>I'm trying to get ColA, ColB, ColC, ColD, ColE.
>
>I tried
>SELECT *
>FROM table_1
>WHERE EXISTS (
>         SELECT DISTINCT
>         ColB, ColC
>         FROM table_1)
>
>But this returns every row.
>
>Any suggestions?
>
>Matt
>
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