On Tue, May 19, 2009 17:02, Andy Colson wrote: > > so: select max(name), type from food group by type > works cuz we only get one name (the max name) back for each type. > > or: select name, type from food group by type, name > which in our example is kinda pointless, but still, give us the > distinct > items for "type, name". Thanks. I think I am beginning to see this. So, if there are more than one type for a given currency code and I do not select and group by type then the having count(whatever) = 1 means that these rows are not selected either. Is that correct? -- *** E-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3 -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general