Re: combining records from a single table and presenting them as one record

Using LIMIT 1 does return me a single record but please note that the table
can have multiple guids for which I need a unique record with all the digit
types combined. Using LIMIT 1 returns me always one record. :-(

On 10/27/05, boinger <boinger(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
> On 10/27/05, Abhishek <ajcool(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> > I am tryng to write a query which returns me a record like this
> <snip>
> > I do the query as this:
> >
> > select callguid , ( select digits from TABEL1 where type='a' ), ( select
> > digits from TABEL1 where type='b' ), ( select digits from TABEL1 where
> > type='c' ) from TABLE1;
> <snip>
> > Note that I get the records which i wanted, but I get them duplicated.
> If I
> > use 'distinct' keyword I get the desired result with no duplication. But
> > 'distinct' seems to be too expensive.
> >
> > Is there any better way I can do this without compromising the
> performance ?
>
> Just add 'LIMIT 1' to the end of the query.
>

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Abhishek Jain