SQL Server programming Select DISTINCT columns along with a N...

I tried to do the same thing myself and finally this is how I worked it out : SELECT rowCode <---- (Some unique numeral key) firstname,lastname,address1 <---- distinct columns plandate,plandate2 <---- non distinct columns FROM table WHERE rowCode IN (SELECT Min(rowCode) FROM table GROUP BY firstname,lastname,address1) ORDER by firstname This will return unique values for your distinct columns and will the first (min) value of your non distinct columns . --------------------------------------------------- Actually in your case, because your 'non distinct' column has a 'date' type, you can solve it more easily by using the following code : SELECT Bank, Account, Note, MAX(PlanDate) FROM table GROUP BY Bank, Account, Note

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