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Re: Using SQL to group records with similar elements

On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 12:37 PM, Alan Shore <ashore@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
Using record key 00001 as a starting point, I need to group
all records that have any of the non- blank values in any of
the occurrences, EXCLUDING those records that have
OTHER none blank values

Does this mean the first record is always the "master" and the rest of
the records can only be (1) grouped with the first record or (2) not
grouped at all? Or is the situation more complicated?

Hopefully, what I am asking makes sense, AND is feasible
As always, any and all suggestions are welcome

Are you limited to SQL?

This is kind of a fun problem. :)

John Y.

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