Re: [sqlite] Query Issues: Duplicates In UNION Query

2008-11-03 Thread TW
> Frankly, I don't understand why you would ever need such a beast, and I > probably don't want to know (I suspect it will give me nightmares). In > any case, assuming you really have a reason for this monster, try > something like this: Yeah, I need it, and the query that I auto-genera

Re: [sqlite] Query Issues: Duplicates In UNION Query

2008-11-03 Thread Igor Tandetnik
TW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It would look like this: > > FName LName Side Height > -- > Igor Tande A 1 > Telly Will B 1 > John Smith A 1 > Bob Hope B 1 > Sandy Rivera A 2 > Bobby Sangria B 2 > Jane Tane A 2 > Tom Jones B 2 > > SELECT Fname, Lname, Side, Height FROM (

Re: [sqlite] Query Issues: Duplicates In UNION Query

2008-11-03 Thread TW
> Order is never guaranteed in a SQL statement's resultset, unless this > statement specifies an ORDER BY clause. If some statement without such a > clause happens to give you an order you want, it does so by accident. If > you want a particular order, say so in the statement. Yeah, whi

Re: [sqlite] Query Issues: Duplicates In UNION Query

2008-11-03 Thread Igor Tandetnik
"TW" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I have been doing a Union query and would like to obtain distinct > results. > Via the manual, the correct way to accomplish this is to do a UNION > statement (versus > doing a UNION ALL). > > Problem: I want the order of the select

[sqlite] Query Issues: Duplicates In UNION Query

2008-11-02 Thread TW
Hi, I have been doing a Union query and would like to obtain distinct results. Via the manual, the correct way to accomplish this is to do a UNION statement (versus doing a UNION ALL). Problem: I want the order of the select statements left intact after the UNION select state