"Michael" <dayzman@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> If I have R(a integer PRIMARY KEY, b text, c text, d integer); and I
> want to find how many different entries there are, (specified using b
> and c instead of a), is "select count(distinct b||c) from R" an
> appropriate query?
Try:
select count(1) from
(select distinct b, c from R);
However, your prof may not like this answer.
