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select distinct on one field, return two
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Vasudevelopa
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Jul 16, 2002, 10:55 AM
 
I have field1 where there are repeats, but I only want distinct rows returned. I also need to select field2 which is a timestamp of when the row was entered. If I do:
select distinct field1, field2 from table
it returns everything b/c it is giving me distinct based on both fields. Is there a way to get distinct for just field1 and yet return 2 fields?
     
Raman
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Jul 21, 2002, 08:54 PM
 
Have you tried
SELECT Distinct(field1), field2
FROM table

I woudl think a set of parens placed in the right...place would benefit.
     
Vasudevelopa  (op)
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Jul 23, 2002, 12:50 PM
 
I will try that when I get home, looks like what I was looking for, thank you.
     
Vasudevelopa  (op)
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Jul 23, 2002, 10:01 PM
 
No dice, I get the same results with or without parenthesis. select field1, field2 from table group by field1 seems to be giving me only distinct field1 rows. Thanks for help.
     
   
 
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