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Using DISTINCT Clause

Question:
I have a Access table and I want to pull from that table one of each type and place it into a combo box using SQL. How can I do this?

Answer:
The DISTINCT keyword on the SELECT statement insures that only distinct values will be selected from a particular field. Here is an example:

SELECT DISTINCT field_name FROM table_name WHERE criteria

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