Okay, had a rethink now...how about UV/SQL...? ;)

>CT LOOKUP.TABLE XYZ

     XYZ
0001 1}2}3}4}5}6}7
0002 AAA}BBB}BBB}CCC}AAA}AAA}BBB

>SELECT LOOKUP.TABLE "XYZ" 

1 record(s) selected to SELECT list #0.
>>SELECT CODE FROM UNNEST LOOKUP.TABLE ON CODE SLIST 0 ORDER BY CODE;
CODE... 

AAA
AAA
AAA
BBB
BBB
BBB
CCC


>SELECT LOOKUP.TABLE "XYZ" TO 1 

1 record(s) selected to SELECT list #1.
>>SELECT CODE SLIST 0 FROM UNNEST LOOKUP.TABLE ON CODE SLIST 1 ORDER BY CODE;

7 record(s) selected to SELECT list #0.
>SAVE.LIST XYZ
7 record(s) SAVEd to SELECT list "XYZ".
>EDIT.LIST XYZ
7 lines long.

----: P
0001: AAA
0002: AAA
0003: AAA
0004: BBB
0005: BBB
0006: BBB
0007: CCC
Bottom at line 7.
----: Q
>



Regards,
David



-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Boydell, Stuart
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 7:29 PM
To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org
Subject: RE: [U2] [UV] Selection help

Thanks to everyone, it's a bit less straightforward but I have got it working 
by passing the list through the unix shell.

'SH -c "':"uv 'LIST LOOKUP.TABLE \XYZ\ CODE ID.SUP COL.HDR.SUPP COUNT.SUP'|sort 
-u|tail +3":'"'

Nb. If I use a BY.EXP ... SAVING UNIQUE I get the warning: " SORT criteria not 
valid with UNIQUE keyword.  Ignoring SORT options."

Cheers,
Stuart
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