Re: removing duplicates and using sort

Note that you could always do something like:

WITH original_query AS (
SELECT DISTINCT ...
)
SELECT *
FROM original_query
ORDER BY lastname, firstname;

OR

SELECT * FROM (
SELECT DISTINCT ....
) sub_query
ORDER BY lastname, firstname

I am thinking you cannot alter the existing ORDER BY otherwise your use of
"DISTINCT ON" begins to mal-function. I dislike DISTINCT ON generally but
do not wish to ponder how you can avoid it, so I'd suggest just turning your
query into a sub-query like I show above.

David J.

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