Question

I’ve seen a few different versions of this question but having difficulty applying it to what I need…

MS SQL Server 2008 query:

SELECT Receipts.ReceiptID, Receipts.UserID, Receipts.UserCardID, FolderLink.ReceiptFolderLinkID
FROM dbo.tbl_ReceiptFolderLnk AS FolderLink 
    INNER JOIN dbo.tbl_Receipt AS Receipts ON FolderLink.ReceiptID = Receipts.ReceiptID

**

ReceiptID            UserID               UserCardID           ReceiptFolderLinkID
-------------------- -------------------- -------------------- --------------------
1                    1                    3                    2
2                    1                    3                    3
3                    1                    3                    10
4                    1                    4                    11
5                    1                    4                    13
6                    2                    5                    14
3                    1                    3                    15
4                    1                    4                    16

**

Now I would like to get distinct values on ReceiptID. Using distinct will not work as distinct works on the entire row.

Help would be appreciated.

Thanks!

Answer 1

If you want all the results columns in your original query and want each ReceiptID to only show up one time, you’ll need to use GROUP BY.

Like:

SELECT Receipts.ReceiptID,
    MIN(Receipts.UserID),
    MIN(Receipts.UserCardID),
    MIN(FolderLink.ReceiptFolderLinkID)
FROM dbo.tbl_ReceiptFolderLnk AS FolderLink
INNER JOIN dbo.tbl_Receipt AS Receipts ON FolderLink.ReceiptID = Receipts.ReceiptID
GROUP BY Receipts.ReceiptID