Re: how to do this select?

ok, thanks, I will create a new message when I post next time.

about my question, I think distinct can't solve my problem, because I
want to get more than one rows. if there is more than (or equal) 2 (eg:
2, 3, 4, 100 ...)rows have the same value of column 'b' , I want to get
only 2 rows. if lesse than 2, I want get all the result of them.

ps: I' think, the *2* in my example is not appropriate, how about 10,
50?

thanks.
On Thu, 2009-02-19 at 08:33 +0100, A. Kretschmer wrote:
> In response to Yi Zhao :
> > thanks Ringer.
> > my mean is that:
> > I want less than 2 rows which have the same value of column "b"!
> >
> > for example, there is 3 columns have the same value "A",
> > X | A
> > X | A
> > Y | A
> > I want my result have two of them.
>
> I think, you are searching for DISTINCT:
>
> test=# create table foo (a text, b text);
> CREATE TABLE
> test=*# copy foo from stdin;
> Enter data to be copied followed by a newline.
> End with a backslash and a period on a line by itself.
> >> a a
> >> a a
> >> b a
> >> \.
> test=*# select distinct a,b from foo;
> a | b
> ---+---
> a | a
> b | a
> (2 rows)
>
>
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