Jim DeMarco
Jdemarco at hudsonhealthplan.org
Thu Dec 29 12:41:27 CST 2005
Don't know about SQL but you can do with a repoort. Get the data into a query and base a report on it sorted by system name. In the report but a group header on system name and set Group On property to Prefix characters. Set character number to 3. Add another sort by system name here if necessary. Put all output fields in the header and hide the detail section. Should show you the top item in each group. HTH Jim DeMarco -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of John Colby Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 1:24 PM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: [AccessD] First of each group I have a "system" table, with the PKID (autonumber), the name of the system, and the system description: PK Sys Name Sys Descr 1752 AHU7135 Air Handling Units 1754 AHU7137 Air Handling Units 1743 AC0037 Autoclaves (Decon) 1744 AC0038 Autoclaves (Decon) 1745 AC0039 Autoclaves (Decon) Etc. I need to select the PK, Name and description for the FIRST instance of each system of a given description, and populate a combo with the results: 1752 AHU7135 Air Handling Units 1743 AC0037 Autoclaves (Decon) I don't know how to do this is a simple SQL statement. Any suggestions? John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com Contribute your unused CPU cycles to a good cause: http://folding.stanford.edu/ -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com *********************************************************************************** "This electronic message is intended to be for the use only of the named recipient, and may contain information from Hudson Health Plan (HHP) that is confidential or privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error or are not the named recipient, please notify us immediately, either by contacting the sender at the electronic mail address noted above or calling HHP at (914) 631-1611. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not forward this email to anyone, and delete and destroy all copies of this message. Thank You". ***********************************************************************************