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09-23-05, 03:32

Ahhk

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Geting unique values from field in table?

Hi all!

I have a table with a f_name field and I wan't to query a list of all the possible first names.

In other words, if the data were as such:

bob
john
david
john
bob
bob
mike
david

I'd want the output to be:

bob
john
david
mike

What's the query syntax for this?

TIA for any help!

Ahhk!

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09-23-05, 03:41

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Originally Posted by Ahhk

I have a table with a f_name field and I wan't to query a list of all the possible first names.

SELECT DISTINCT f_name FROM foo;

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09-23-05, 09:52

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distinct! Nice...didnt even see that looking through the references. Thanks felixg

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