hi chris... your query, >>SELECT name FROM dog WHERE status = 3 GROUP BY name<<
will actually give the items where status=3 however, i can't get the resulting issues by doing 'status!=3', because the tbl has multiple status for a given name, so the query will still return the other status that aren't equal to '3' for the given name... -----Original Message----- From: Chris White [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 9:07 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: Re: group by/select issue.. bruce wrote: > i'm trying to figure out how to create a select query that groups > the tbl around 'name' such that if i want all names that do not > have a status=3, i'd get a single row for 'sue' and 'bob' I'm not sure why `SELECT name FROM dog WHERE status = 3 GROUP BY name;` wouldn't give you what you'd want (or that's possibly what you're looking for?). If that's the answer then "wee", if not I'll throw my lost flag in the air. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
