RE: QUERY

Raj,

You can use 'Select Distinct' in SQL.  In QM, there is an option for
duplicate records wherein you can select 2 to 'Keep only the first copy of
each row' (instead of the default 1-Keep duplicate rows).

Thanks,
Sudha

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> Rajan.Srinivasan@Allfun.com
> Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 1998 5:59 PM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: QUERY
>
>
>   Hello  all,
>                           Could any one please help on this problem.
>
> Its a  simple  query  report .   By  joining  two  files and
> selecting
> specific  fields from  both  file
>
>
> FILE  1
> FILE  2     both   Joined by   OBJECT NAME.
>
> We generate   a   report    with   OBJECT NAME
> OBJECT  TYPE
> OBJ  LIB        TEXT  DESC         FLAG
>
>
> PROBLEM :    We are getting  two  detail lines  whenever
> there are two
> records for the same  object on the FILE1.
>
>
> What we want  to do?.     We want  to  elliminate  the second
> record with
> same informatiion.
>
>
> I can able to handle this by  outputing into a datafile, and
> write an  RPG
> program to make the report perfect.
>
>
> But is there any way   in  Query/400   or  SQL/400  or  SEQUEL, I can
> handle this problem.?
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Raj
>
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