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SELECT distinct substring(name, 1, 1) from names; That should work :) -Dan On Wed, 16 Oct 2002, Kevin wrote: > Hello, > > I have a table with a list of names. I need to get a distinct list of the > names by first letter, as follows: > > John > Mary > Mark > Tom > > the query should return the following: > > J > M > T > > > Is there any way to this with a single query? > > TIA > > -Kevin > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
