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arkiboys
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Posted - 2008-04-22 : 05:12:53
What is the difference between distinct and group by please?

visakh16
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52326 Posts

Posted - 2008-04-22 : 05:27:18
Cant spot any problems with your where query. What discrepancy are you experiuencing? Can you elaborate with some sample data?
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arkiboys
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1433 Posts

Posted - 2008-04-22 : 05:29:03
sorry, initially I sent the wrong syntax.
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visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder

52326 Posts

Posted - 2008-04-22 : 05:45:39
distinct takes only the unique combination of the resultset fields while group by groups the resultset based on specified fields and returns you the grouped or summarised data.
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jen
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Posted - 2008-04-25 : 04:29:20
where is the original post?



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