Whoops, I put the real db name in there but you get the idea. -----Original Message----- From: Duane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 3:36 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: SQL Question
Yep. I got this off the HOF SQL list: Select DateCreated, FirstName, LastName, Email from dbo.IBS_ShowLitRequest where coalesce( firstname,'' ) <> '' and coalesce( lastname,'' ) <> '' UNION Select min( DateCreated ), firstname, lastname, email >From dbo.IBS_ShowLitRequest Where firstname is null and lastname is null and coalesce( email,'' ) <> '' group by firstname, lastname, email -----Original Message----- From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 3:24 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: SQL Question The Dreaded Union? > -----Original Message----- > From: Duane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 2:29 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: SQL Question > > That won't work. You have to include all the fields in your select > statement > in your group by clause. > > Duane > > -----Original Message----- > From: William Bowen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 3:17 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: SQL Question > > Group By Email? > > On 10/30/06, Duane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I have a sql question for anyone willing to help me get my head unstuck. > > > > > > I have the following sample data: > > > > RegDate FirstName LastName Email > > 10/1/2006 NULL NULL [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 10/2/2006 NULL NULL [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 10/2/2006 NULL NULL [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 10/3/2006 Fred Flintstone [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 10/8/2006 Barney Rubble [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 10/9/2006 NULL NULL [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > In my returned dataset I need to get the following: > > 10/1/2006 NULL NULL [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 10/2/2006 Fred Flintstone [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 10/8/2006 Barney Rubble [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Basically I need all records that have a first and last name, and only > the > > null records that have a distinct email address. > > > > I had written the following: > > > > select RegDate, Firstname, Lastname, Email > > from dbo.LitRequest > > where (FirstName is not null or FirstName <> '') > > or l.Email not in ( > > select Email from dbo.LitRequest > > where FirstName is not null or FirstName <> '') > > > > The only thing I can think of is to use a cursor and generate a temp > table > > on the fly. Cursors tend to be processor hogs and I'm looking for an > > alternative. > > > > Thanks, > > Duane > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:218741 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
