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Thread: HELP .. DISTINCT and a join - usually indicates loose programming. Replace by EXISTS

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    Can someone give me an example where you
    would use an exists rather then a distinct in a sql stmt?

    DISTINCT and a join - usually indicates loose programming. Replace by EXISTS


    ex: select distinct (conv_acct_id) from lookup_exception

    what would the exists stmnt look like?

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    select distinct(conv_acct_id) from lookup_exception where exists(select something from somewhere where condition=true);

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