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Re: to all SQL experts...

From: D.Y. <dyou98_at_aol.com>
Date: 24 Aug 2002 21:24:41 -0700
Message-ID: <f369a0eb.0208242024.4385be9@posting.google.com>


"Chris Aiello" <caiell02_at_comcast.net> wrote in message news:<D%N99.57744$Aw4.2407643_at_bin2.nnrp.aus1.giganews.com>...
> Can't do...I need it to be sql-92 so that I could run against any RDBMS. I
> am considering using a view...

View is nothing more than a stored SQL, so that won't work either. You may want to consider multi-pass SQLs, but you need to use temporary tables to store intermediate results.

> "D.Y." <dyou98_at_aol.com> wrote in message
> news:f369a0eb.0208240726.43b73264_at_posting.google.com...
> > You can't do it with a single SQL (unless all distinct col1 values
> > have the same number of entries). Try PL/SQL, Pro*C, etc.
> >
> > "Chris Aiello" <caiell02_at_comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:<JOB99.155973$2p2.7088303_at_bin4.nnrp.aus1.giganews.com>...
> > > I am stumped, although that's not really hard....
> > >
> > > Here is my predicament:
> > >
> > > I have a table that has 2 columns, column 1 repeats values and column 2
> can
> > > have any value. Here's an example
> > >
> > > col1 col2
> > > 1 15
> > > 1 35
> > > 1 46
> > > 1 72
> > > 2 10
> > > 2 35
> > > 2 46
> > > 2 11
> > > 2 19
> > > 2 22
> > > 3 15
> > > 3 35
> > > 3 46
> > > 3 72
> > > 4 11
> > > 4 25
> > >
> > > Here's the dilemna...
> > > I need a query that can find distinct col1 values that have matching
> col2
> > > entries, along with the same number of entries. For example col1 value
> '1'
> > > has 4 entries with '15','35','46',and '72'. col1 value 2 has the
> entries
> > > 10,35,46,11,19 and 22. value 3 has 15,35,46, and 72. col1 values 1 and
> 3
> > > have identical corresponding entries...the same values and the same
> number
> > > of entries. Can anyone help me out with this??
> > > thanks, Chris.
Received on Sat Aug 24 2002 - 23:24:41 CDT

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