Re: select distinct values

elain he wrote:
>
> Hi,
> Could someone shed some light on this.
>
> I'm trying to formulate a query to return distinct value on a column -
> testid.
>
> select * from testing;
> TESTID NAME STATUS
> ---------- -------------------- -----------
> 1 MIKE Y
> 1 JOE Y
> 1 JIM Y
> 2 AMY Y
>
> The output I'm expecting is
> TESTID NAME STATUS
> ---------- -------------------- -----------
> 1 MIKE Y
> 2 AMY Y
>
> The query should display the first occurence of the testid and ignore
> records with the same testid.
>
> thanks!
>
> elain
>

Elain,

   Check the SQL Reference, row_number() function. The examples will take you where you want to go ...

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