RE: [Q] SQLPLUS help on "distinct"

Mike,

Try one of these:

select distinct (rpad(employee_id,6,' ')) ||';'|| ssn from EMP
order by (rpad(employee_id,6,' ')) ||';'|| ssn;

       or

select distinct employee_id, (rpad(employee_id,6,' ')) ||';'|| ssn from EMP
order by employee_id;

Jerry Whittle
ASIFICS DBA
NCI Information Systems Inc.
jerome.whittle_at_scott.af.mil
618-622-4145

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mike mon [SMTP:mccdba_at_yahoo.com]
>
> I have problem to use "distinct" with Function on
> select statement. Can anyone give me a hint?
>
> Thanks.
>
> SQL> select distinct (rpad(employee_id,6,' ')) ||';'||
> ssn from EMP
> 2 order by employee_id;
> select distinct (rpad(employee_id,6,' ')) ||';'|| ssn
> from EMP
> *
> ERROR at line 1:
> ORA-01791: not a SELECTed expression

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