Exactly what I stated two or three posts ago.  That's why using DISTINCT 
doesn't work in this case.  Sounds like a problem which requires reworking 
of the DB or a better understanding of the nature of the data and desired 
outcome.

-dhs

At 10:07 AM 12/13/01 -0500, you wrote:
>Ok...I spoke with one of our Oracle DBAs.  The problem lies in that if you
>have a set like this
>
>1, 2, A, B, C
>1, 2, D, E, F
>2, 2, A, B, C
>2, 3, D, E, F
>
>and did your select statement which one of the rows would you want.  What I
>mean is this...
>
>You have these two rows both with your 1,2 but which of the (A,B,C or D,E,F)
>rows would you want returned with the 1,2.  If you're using CF I would just
>return the recordset straight up and manipulate it with code.
>
>
>1, 2, A, B, C
>1, 2, D, E, F

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