Hey Andrew! Yes, though that's not what I'm trying to accomplish. The software allows entry of *any* text in the field and I want anything previously entered to appear in the lists after that -- that's why all the trouble.
Thanks! On 7/8/07, Andrew Finkenstadt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 7/7/07, Mitchell Vincent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have a query to get all states that a user might have entered, it is : > > SELECT DISTINCT customers.bill_state as the_result from customers > UNION SELECT DISTINCT invoice_master.bill_state FROM invoice_master > UNION SELECT DISTINCT customers.ship_state from customers UNION SELECT > DISTINCT invoice_master.ship_state from invoice_master; > > Can anyone help speed this query up for large(r) data sets or a > suggest a more efficient way of getting the unique list of states? I'd > sure appreciate it! Thanks! > On the other hand, you could merely enter the Fifty States (and provinces, protectorates, commonwealths, etc) into a lookup table, and select from that much faster. :) --andy
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