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Permander Malik

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 3:05 pm
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Hi All,

I want to use GROUP BY clause on VARCHAR variable. Can anyone please let me know how we can use that?
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PeterHolland

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 3:21 pm
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www.db-staff.com/index.php/microsoft-sql-server/86-sql-group-by
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Permander Malik

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 5:22 pm
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On the above link I did not find the same. Can anyone help me out.
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enrico-sorichetti

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 5:28 pm
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I do not see any reaso from a conceptual point of view to treat
a varchar column differently from a <normal> column

what did You find to make You believe You need special processing?
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Permander Malik

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 5:31 pm
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Its not returning any result for me in DB2 query. Any idea how we can get through ?
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 5:35 pm
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your second where clause condition is causing the no-result condition
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bhairon singh rathore

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 5:41 pm
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Can you provide us with the query which you are working on
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 5:43 pm
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Can you provide us with the query which you are working on


why do You insist in trying to make things easy for people willing to help icon_biggrin.gif
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dbzTHEdinosauer

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 6:00 pm
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Permander Malik wrote:
Its not returning any result for me in DB2 query.


and you are blaming this on the GROUP BY statement?

you need to correct your WHERE clause.
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GuyC

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 7:08 pm
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Funny, I get the same question here from an analist of a project that we outsourced to India.
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GuyC

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 7:21 pm
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explaining the problem :
It is not that he is getting sqlcode +100, He's having a time out because of the performance that grouping on a varchar(6000) can cause.
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dbzTHEdinosauer

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 8:06 pm
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GuyC,

well, how come you guys outsource the easy stuff?
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GuyC

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 8:11 pm
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dbzTHEdinosauer wrote:
GuyC,

well, how come you guys outsource the easy stuff?

Well, because we're to busy with the difficult stuff
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