>Is anyone out there a SQL expert? I'm trying to count all the people in my personnel table and group them by first letter of last name. I want my result set to look like this:
> A 203
> B 309
> C 594
>
> etc.
>
>I can do this with multiple count statements, but am wondering if it is possible with a single SQL select statement.
>

Try:

SELECT UPPER(LEFT(LastName,1)) AS LstInit, COUNT(*) As NumLstInit;
INTO CURSOR CountInitials ;
GROUP BY LstInit