ODBC & DISTINCT

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I am connecting to a a table using ODBC and running a query that returns the
values from one field. There are duplicate values which normally I would use
the DISTINCT keyword in the SQL, however it's use causes 'Column not found'
to be returned. The query returns records without DISTINCT. Is there any
way I can return unique values?
Regards
 
DISTINCT works for me with an ODBC-linked SQL Server table ...

SELECT DISTINCT dbo_tblSalAccounts.[cl::alpha] AS DontAsk FROM
dbo_tblSalAccounts

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Thanks Brendan,
I think it's the ODBC provider for Sage that I'm using that is the problem.
regards


Brendan Reynolds said:
DISTINCT works for me with an ODBC-linked SQL Server table ...

SELECT DISTINCT dbo_tblSalAccounts.[cl::alpha] AS DontAsk FROM
dbo_tblSalAccounts

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Terry said:
I am connecting to a a table using ODBC and running a query that returns
the values from one field. There are duplicate values which normally I
would use the DISTINCT keyword in the SQL, however it's use causes 'Column
not found' to be returned. The query returns records without DISTINCT. Is
there any way I can return unique values?
Regards
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If you can't use DISTINCT, can you use GROUP BY?

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Terry said:
Thanks Brendan,
I think it's the ODBC provider for Sage that I'm using that is the
problem.
regards


Brendan Reynolds said:
DISTINCT works for me with an ODBC-linked SQL Server table ...

SELECT DISTINCT dbo_tblSalAccounts.[cl::alpha] AS DontAsk FROM
dbo_tblSalAccounts

--
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http://brenreyn.blogspot.com

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Terry said:
I am connecting to a a table using ODBC and running a query that returns
the values from one field. There are duplicate values which normally I
would use the DISTINCT keyword in the SQL, however it's use causes
'Column not found' to be returned. The query returns records without
DISTINCT. Is there any way I can return unique values?
Regards
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Thanks Brendan,
Spot on result. I would never have thought of doing it that way as I'm not
summing anything.
Regards


Brendan Reynolds said:
If you can't use DISTINCT, can you use GROUP BY?

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Terry said:
Thanks Brendan,
I think it's the ODBC provider for Sage that I'm using that is the
problem.
regards


Brendan Reynolds said:
DISTINCT works for me with an ODBC-linked SQL Server table ...

SELECT DISTINCT dbo_tblSalAccounts.[cl::alpha] AS DontAsk FROM
dbo_tblSalAccounts

--
Brendan Reynolds (MVP)
http://brenreyn.blogspot.com

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I am connecting to a a table using ODBC and running a query that returns
the values from one field. There are duplicate values which normally I
would use the DISTINCT keyword in the SQL, however it's use causes
'Column not found' to be returned. The query returns records without
DISTINCT. Is there any way I can return unique values?
Regards
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