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Re: select disinct special

From: Alin <alin.mihart_at_lyonnaise-des-eaux.fr>
Date: 2000/08/04
Message-ID: <398AD535.DE05567@lyonnaise-des-eaux.fr>#1/1

Try this: select distinct substr(filed_name, 1, 1) from ...

Stefan a écrit:

> Hi,
>
> got table like
>
> CITY
>
> Dallas
> Detroit
> ...
> New York
> Nagasaki
> ...
> Washington
> ...
>
> how to get only one city of each letter ?
>
> i just wanna get back
>
> D ( or any city with starting 'D' , but only ONE city)
> N ...
> W ...
>
> any ideas out there ?
> thanx
Received on Fri Aug 04 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT

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