Got it loud and clear! Thanks.
>In order to get elegant solution you have to have proper data. I can offer only ugly one for your data
>
>SELECT Field1, Field2, MIN(Field3), ... MIN(Field9)
>FROM FOO GROUP BY Field1, Field2
>
>
>
>>
>>I want all the fields in the result. Your options only give me field1 and field2.
>>
>>I coull SET the ENGINEBEHAVIOUR to 80. This will allow it. However, I am looking for an elegant solution in 9.0.
>>
>>Yossi
>>
>>>Hi Yossi,
>>>
>>>SELECT DISTINCT Field1, Field2 FROM FOO
>>>SELECT Field1, Field2 FROM FOO GROUP BY Field1, Field2
>>>
>>>
>>>MartinaJ
>>>
>>>>Hi All:
>>>>
>>>>Consider the following table, FOO.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Field1 Field2 Field3 Field4 Field5 Field6 Field7 Field8 Field9
>>>>cat dog ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
>>>>cat mouse
>>>>fish goat
>>>>cat dog
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>If I say SELECT FOO.*, I will get 4 records. However, I do not want duplicates of field1+field2. I do not care which record I get.
>>>>
>>>>SELE DISTINCT will not work, since there may be differences in the other fields.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks,
>>>>
>>>>Yossi