Perhaps you should fix your data model...
but with your current set up, try:
select cus_name, cus_id from customers group by cus_name order by
cus_name asc
-Brad
Mohamed Yusuf wrote:
I want select distinct field and return value of that field, but I have
problem which is: select distinct returns duplicate value. eg, I wan
select
distinct customer name and id from the customer table. one customer
may have
different cus_ids since cus_ids are auto increment and depend on the
purchased items. so what I want is to select distinct customer name so
that
I can print customer name and customer id once.
here is algorithm;
select distinct cus_name, cus_id from customers order by cus_name asc
While row is not empty do{
echo"<a href=\"page?cus=cus_id\">costomer name</a><br />";
}
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