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Re: Removing duplicate records

On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 10:54 AM, Gary Thompson <gthompson@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
John
Create an identical work file
Then use SELECT DISTINCT to select from table with dups,
       inserting into your work file:

CREATE TABLE  mylib/wkfile  AS
     ( SELECT  DISTINCT fld1, fld2, ... fldn
         FROM  alib/dupfile )
     WITH DATA

Of course! DISTINCT is perfect for this. I feel quite silly for not
remembering this keyword. (I totally do not use SQL enough.)

The other solutions probably have their selling points, but I find
this one the most elegant and easiest to understand.

John Y. (not to be confused with John McKee)

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