Oh, on the SELECT Email, My_ID take out the EMail, and replace it with a DISTINCT I do not think this is the best way to do the query but it should be a quick(i.e. dirty) method to get the results.
Snipe - <CF_BotMaster Network="EFNet" Channel="ColdFusion"> On Wed, 6 Feb 2002, Tyler Silcox wrote: > I just tried this out and it still does the same thing. It looks like it > grabs the distinct emails in the subquery (which is good), but then it > returns 4 rows for that email in the main query if they exists...almost > there. I could rig it up if I wanted to, and just grab the distinct emai ls, > and then loop another query, but I'd like to do it the proper way if I > can... > > Tyler Silcox > email | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Aaron Rouse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 12:16 PM > Subject: Re: distinct query>>> > > > I would think it returns all distinct columns that you are selecting. I > do not know exactly what is going on in your needs and wanted results, bu t > maybe a subquery with an IN statement would be a simple enough way to get > those results. Such as: > > SELECT Email, My_id, MyDisplay, MyPassword > FROM EmailAccts > WHERE Email IN (SELECT DISTINCT Email FROM EmailAccts) > > Snipe - <CF_BotMaster Network="EFNet" Channel="ColdFusion"> > > On Wed, 6 Feb 2002, Tyler Silcox wrote: > > > I'm trying to pull only DISTINCT emails out of the db, shouldn't this d o > > it?: > > > > <!--- i select the email accounts ---> > > <cfquery name="getEmails" datasource="#MyDatasource#" > > username="#MyUserName#" password="#MyPassword#"> > > SELECT DISTINCT Email, My_id, MyDisplay, MyPassword > > FROM EmailAccts > > </cfquery> > > > > ..cause it doesn't. This returns every row in the table, and I looking f > or > > only unique email addresses, and the data that comes along with it. > > > > Tyler Silcox > > email | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > website | www.gslsolutions.com > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Dedicated Windows 2000 Server PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation · $99/Month · Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusiona FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
