I would bet the dates are not identical and that the time portions are different, but hidden by the format string.


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From: (Frank Dodgers)
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Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 12:34 PM
To: LazyDBA Discussion
Subject: select distinct question


Anyone know why this select distinct returns multiple rows with the same value? Thanks so much! (the "-" is actually an "@" for a dblink.

SQL> select distinct CLAIM_DRIVER_STEPS.DATE_CREATED from CLAIM_DRIVER_STEPS
where DATE_CREATED not in (select DATE_CREATED from CLAIM_DRIVER_STEPS-cpedev);

DATE_CREA
---------
23-SEP-04
23-SEP-04

2 rows selected.

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