Re: Retrieving Unique records and inserting into new file via SQL

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CREATE TABLE ROB/A5 (USERID CHAR (10 ) NOT NULL WITH DEFAULT,
DATAFLD CHAR (1 ) NOT NULL WITH DEFAULT)
Table A5 in ROB created but could not be journaled.
insert into a5 VALUES('SAM', 'A')
1 rows inserted in A5 in ROB.
insert into a5 VALUES('SAM', 'B')
1 rows inserted in A5 in ROB.
insert into a5 VALUES('SAM', 'C')
1 rows inserted in A5 in ROB.
CREATE TABLE ROB/A6 (USERID CHAR (10 ) NOT NULL WITH DEFAULT,
DATAFLD CHAR (1 ) NOT NULL WITH DEFAULT)
Table A6 in ROB created but could not be journaled.
SELECT * FROM ROB/A5
SELECT statement run complete.
USERID      DATAFLD
SAM            A
SAM            B
SAM            C
********  End of data  ********
INSERT INTO ROB/A6
SELECT USERID, MAX(DATAFLD) FROM ROB/A5
GROUP BY USERID,2
1 rows inserted in A6 in ROB.
SELECT * FROM ROB/A6
USERID      DATAFLD
SAM            C
********  End of data  ********

Rob Berendt
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Hi Group,

I have a file containing multiple records per userid. I now want to create
a
new file that will contain only one record for each userid. How can I do
this with SQL?

Thanks
Dennis Nel

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