Re: A select DISTINCT query?

Tino,


On Sun, 2008-01-27 at 15:16 +0100, Tino Wildenhain wrote:
> Phil Rhoades wrote:
> > People,
> >
> > I want to select from a table ONLY unique records ie if a column has
> > values:
> >
> > 1
> > 2
> > 3
> > 3
> > 4
> > 5
> >
> > I want ONLY these records returned:
> >
> > 1
> > 2
> > 4
> > 5
>
>
> SELECT count(*) as cnt,a,b,c FORM yourtable
> GROUP BY a,b,c
> HAVING cnt=1
>
> should do.


I get:

SELECT count(*) as cnt, name FRoM tst GROUP BY name HAVING cnt = 1 ;
ERROR:  column "cnt" does not exist
LINE 1: ...ount(*) as cnt, name FRoM tst GROUP BY name HAVING cnt = 1 ;
                                                              ^

Thanks,

Phil.
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