[RESOLVED] Simple question (Group By)

Hi everybody !

I want to Select all fields and group by one field, like the code below, but I got an error ?

I dont want to write all fields because there are too many...Is there a way to do that ?

VB Code:

strSQL = "SELECT * FROM Items WHERE BComm = ?" & " GROUP BY BCommNo"

Thanks in advance !

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For a Group By every field in the Select list needs to either be in the Group By list, or be a calculated value in the Select list instead (eg: Sum(Field2)).

Although I usually steer away from DISTINCT and usually tell users not to SELECT * (but instead put the column names)...

You could say:

SELECT DISTINCT * FROM SOMETABLE WHERE SOMECOL=123

Although why you would want to do that is beyond me ;)

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Originally Posted by szlamany

. . . and usually tell users not to SELECT * (but instead put the column names). . .

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I agree, unless you are going to use each and every column in the table (probably a very remote possibility) then only bring back the columns you need. This will reduce any overhead you may incur especially if you are bring back a lot of data.