Have you tried something like this?
SELECT * FROM table_name where col1=col2 and col2=col3 and col3=col4 and
col4!=col5;
Greg Skouby wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I have a table which consists of 5 columns.
> There are a large number of rows that have the same values for the
> first 4 columns and the last column is the only thing that differs.
> I would like to grab all the rows that have these identical
> columns so I can store it into one rows with all the different
> values in the last column of just one row. What would the syntax
> be to grab all the rows that have identical data in
> the first 4 columns? I know this is pretty trivial but everthing
> I try seems to be wrong. Thanks for your help.
>
> Greg
>
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