Re: SQL Statement to return first unique record

Hi Jim,
Following might work:
select c1, c2, (select top 1 c3 from t1 a where a.c1 = t1.c1 and a.c2 =

t1.c2 order by a.c3 asc)
from t1
group by c1, c2

jim wrote:
I've been searching and trying out SQL statements for hours and I'm
still having a problem.

I'm querying 3 tables... and I only want the first unique record
returned.

Currently, the data returned looks like this..............

New York New York A
New York New York B
New York New York C
Los Angeles California A
Los Angeles California B
Los Angeles California C


I want the select statement to return this instead...

New York New York A
Los Angeles California A

I'm using MS SQL server.

please help?


thanks for your help.

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