On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 8:35 AM, Vincent Teachout <[email protected]>wrote:
> Ted Roche wrote:
>
>> Clear as mud?
>>>>
>>>
>> Totally.
>>
>> Do you want a RANDOM value from each table, or one that appears only once?
>>
>> SELECT MyField, COUNT(MyField) AS TheCounter FROM MyTable WHERE {blah blah
>> blah}
>> GROUP BY MyField HAVING TheCounter =1
>>
>
> Each record and field from the table, plus an additional unique value. It
> doesn't need to be random, only guaranteed unique. But needs to be
> generated by the query, NOT by modifying the table.
>
> Nothing critical, but would make my life a lot easier if such a critter
> exists.
> -----------------
>
UniqueID as first column, whatever you want from table afterwards
select top 100 NEWID(), * from myTable
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