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thebruins
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 Posted - 2005-10-21 : 10:03:03
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| I have to do some work on a DB, and for a certain table I want to do a distinct count on a column, but the problem is that the column's type is uniqueidentifier. mssql refuses to do a distinct count on that datatype.1. Why?2. Is there another way to do a distinct count on that column, without having to alter the table?Thanks |
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madhivanan
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Posted - 2005-10-21 : 10:07:44
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| Cast it into varchar type select count(distinct cast(col as varchar(36))) from yourTableMadhivananFailing to plan is Planning to fail |
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thebruins
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Posted - 2005-10-21 : 10:16:58
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| thanks! |
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distinct count