also: if this query isn't *very* fast, then i'm fine with just "give me the value of the first cell where there is data in that column"
in the below case, i'd get a "1". i would then proceed to delete everything with a "1" in it (from this and other tables) then i'd ask again, this time i'd get a 4, repeat above then ask again, get nothing, and i'd be done On Jun 17, 2014, at 10:54 PM, David M. Cotter <d...@kjams.com> wrote: > i have a table with a numeric column (not the key column) > i want to obtain from this table a list of unique numbers appearing in that > one column > > some cells in the column may have nothing, some may have duplicate numbers eg: > >> 1 >> 1 >> 1 >> 4 >> _ >> _ >> 4 >> _ > > note that "_" means "no data". i want to get a list with [1, 4] as the > result. what is the proper SQLite query for this? _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
