>Hi ppl,
>
>I need a little help with a sql statement
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>I have 8 fields like this q1a,q1b,q1c,q1d,q2a,q2b,q2c,q2d
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>each field is int()
>values can be from 0 to 4
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>I need to only return a result set if 2 of the q1's values are greater than 2 or 2 of the q2's values are greater than 2
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>This will be running as a stored proc in SQL
>
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>Paul

about the only thing i can think of is

select * from theTable where
 (q1a > 2 and q1b > 2) or (q1a > 2 and q1c > 2) or (q1a > 2 and q1d > 2) or
 (q1b > 2 and q1c > 2) or (q1b > 2 and q1d > 2) or
 (q1c > 2 and q1d > 2) or
 (q2a > 2 and q2b > 2) or (q2a > 2 and q2c > 2) or (q2a > 2 and q2d > 2) or
 (q2b > 2 and q2c > 2) or (q2b > 2 and q2d > 2) or
 (q2c > 2 and q2d > 2)

tried to think of something more mathematical, but ...