Renoir,
Profuse apologies < Liam bangs head against desk >. Must learn to read before replying. Also, apologies for calling you Jim. It must be Friday!
Regards,
Liam
>Liam,
>
>I appreciate your help, but that was exactly the question I asked; read it all.
>
>Renoir
>
>>Hi Jim
>>
>>
what would be the SQL logic to Select only records where there were more than one meeting the criteria>>
>>Answer : Use
DISTINCT in the SQL statement.
>>
>>
That doesn't exclude the record for Jim>>
>>That wasn't the question you asked. You should use
WHERE in the SQL Statement to define the condition that records must meet to be included in the returned data.
>>For Example :
>>
Where Field1 = "John"
or
Where Field1 != "Jim"
>>
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Liam
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>Liam,
>>>
>>>That doesn't exclude the record for Jim.
>>>
>>>Renoir
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi Renoir,
>>>>
>>>>Use
DISTINCT in the SQL statement.
>>>>
>>>>Regards,
>>>>
>>>>Liam
>>>>
>>>>>I can easily do this with 2 statements, but what would be the SQL logic to Select only records where there were more than one meeting the criteria:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>MyField1 MyField2
>>>>>======== ========
>>>>>John 12345
>>>>>Jim 98765
>>>>>John 12345
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>I only want this as a result:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>John 12345
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>I only want 1 record with John and do not want Jim at all.
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks, Renoir
Liam O'Hagan
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