Hi, can someone assist me with formulating a query to retrieve all distinct records. I need to retrieve all three columns a,b &c based on the distinct of the two columns a & b. SQL> select * from testing; A B C ---------- ---------- ---------- APPS APPS R1 SYS SYS2 R2 SYS SYS2 R3 DOC DOC2 R4 DC DC2 R5 DOC DOC R6 The result should be A B C ---------- ---------- ---------- APPS APPS R1 SYS SYS2 R2 DOC DOC2 R4 DC DC2 R5 DOC DOC R6 I tried using group by/having count but was not successful. Any idea? Thanks. alison _________________________________________________________________ MSN Toolbar provides one-click access to Hotmail from any Web page ? FREE download! http://toolbar.msn.com/go/onm00200413ave/direct/01/ ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------