[SQL] Help with duplicates
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So I'm doing a query in MS SQL. I'm trying to pull address lists for mailing. The issue is, we have multiple contacts for the same company we want to send mail to, and we just want one contact from one company. So my question is, how do I tell the SQL server to just send me back 1 contact to the company instead of all of them? Thanks!
Quote:Original post by chbrules
That's what I'm using already, doesn't work.
Ok, can you post your query?
You can also look into specifing a LIMIT and/or using subqueries in your WHERE clause (maybe with EXISTS/NOT EXISTS, ANY, IN, SOME).
Author
There is no LIMIT in MSSQL. Here's my query:
The 'contsupref' field is the only unique field preventing the DISTINCT from working. Each duplicate contact may have a different email. I tried it without the email and all the duplicates are gone.
SELECT DISTINCT c1.Company,c1.Contact,c1.Address1,isnull(c1.Address2,'') Address2,c1.City,c1.State,c1.Zip,c2.contsuprefFROM contact1 c1inner join contsupp c2 on c1.accountno = c2.accountnoWHERE c2.contact = 'E-mail Address'AND c2.contsupref != 'NULL'AND c1.Contact != 'NULL'AND c1.Address1 != 'NULL'AND c1.City != 'NULL'AND c1.State != 'NULL'AND c1.State = 'CA'AND c1.Zip != 'NULL'AND c1.country = 'USA'AND(c1.title LIKE '%Council%'OR c1.title = 'city clerk'OR c1.title = 'city manager')The 'contsupref' field is the only unique field preventing the DISTINCT from working. Each duplicate contact may have a different email. I tried it without the email and all the duplicates are gone.
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