A dumb distinct question

  • I have a table called DGUsers. This table has a primary key of UserID. I have another table called Orders that has a field called UserID. I need to get a list of the DG Users that have placed orders. It seemed pretty easy. I therefore wrote the following query which seems to work. Something was bothering me about the query so I started to poke around the internet. I read a little about multi column query problems using distinct. Now I am not sure if the query is correct. Can anyone tell me if my query is correct or not?

    Select Distinct(DG.UserID)

    , DG.UserName

    , DG.LastName

    , DG.FirstName

    From DGUsers DG

    Join Orders O

    On O.UserID = DG.UserID

    Order by DG.UserID

    Thanks

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    Gail Shaw
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  • Let me know if the below script works better...

    Select Distinct(DG.UserID)

    , DG.UserName

    , DG.LastName

    , DG.FirstName

    From DGUsers DG

    where DG.UserID in (select distinct UserId from Orders)

    Order by DG.UserID

    The_SQL_DBA
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    "Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives."

  • Sorry Gail..I guess i posted my reply about the same time as you asked us to redirect our replies..

    The_SQL_DBA
    MCTS

    "Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives."

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