Hi all...
I have a table in which some columns has distinct values and some has
duplicates..i wan to select all the columns with distinct values....no
problem if rows has null value in it....i tried a lot wit distinct and
group by but nothing got worked out...
Waitin for your reply.....
Thanking you...

Try the Having clause


For example, this will bring back records that have duplicate records
for Col1, Col2 and Col3.

If you want only records that have a single record, you can change ">
1" to "= 1".

SELECT DISTINCT
Col1, Col2, Col3, COUNT(*) as NumberDups
FROM SomeTable
GROUP BY Col1, Col2, Col3
HAVING COUNT(*) > 1


Of course, you could post your table definitions with Create statements
and insert statements so people could have data to work with to help
you.

vvyshak (AT) gmail (DOT) com wrote:

(vvyshak (AT) gmail (DOT) com) writes:
I will have to admit that I have a poor understanding of what you are
asking for. But there is a standard recommendation for this sort of
questions, and that is that you post:

o CREATE TABLE statements for your table(s).
o INSERT statements with sample data.
o The desired output, given the sample data.
o A short description of the underlying business problem.


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