Posted by Plamen Ratchev on 01/10/07 23:17

This is best solved in your reporting tool. Most tools have suppress
duplicates option (I know for sure Crystal Reports has it). You just need to
check it for the selected report columns.

Regards,

Plamen Ratchev
http://www.SQLStudio.com


"pmarisole" <jbarnes5@midsouth.rr.com> wrote in message
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>I am trying to write a report that displays a hierarchy such as:
> Director, Manager, Employee
> I want to suppress the repeating Director, Manager for the employees.
>
> This is my code:
> sSQL = "SELECT FY99Info.MDName, FY99Info.MgrName, FY99Info.firstname,
> FY99Info.lastname, FY99Info.grade
> FROM FY99Info
> WHERE left(FY99Info.orgcode,5) = '" & left(session("MOrg"),5) & "' and
> FY99Info.mgmtlevel < 4
> ORDER by FY99Info.MDName, FY99Info.orgcode, FY99Info.mgmtlevel desc "
>
> This is the SQL table layout (FY99Info).
> Emp# Org Director Manager Employee Mgmtlevel
> 1 10336088 Brian Smith Michael Smart Bill Mitchell 0
> 2 10336088 Brian Smith Michael Smart Heidi Rainey 0
> 3 10336088 Brian Smith Michael Smart Ponita Asnor 2
> 4 10336088 Brian Smith Michael Smart Marcus Jones 0
> 5 10607655 Rick Doe Glenn Thomas Helen Kelley 0
> 6 10607655 Rick Doe Glenn Thomas Gaston Knight 2
> 7 10607655 Rick Doe Helen Black Prentis Parker 0
> 8 10607655 Rick Doe Helen Black Billie Spike 0
> 9 10739900 Jason Smart Tim Snow Joe Monty 3
> 10 10739900 Jason Smart Tim Snow Randi Bull 3
> 11 10739900 Jason Smart Tim Snow Misty Wonton 2
>
>
> This is how I want it to display on the report
> MD Manager Employee
> Brian Smith Michael Smart Bill Mitchell
> Heidi Rainey
> Ponita Asnor
> Marcus Jones
> Rick Doe Glenn Thomas Helen Kelley
> Gaston Knight
> Helen Black Prentis Parker
> Billie Spike
> Jason Smart Tim Snow Joe Monty
> Randi Bull
> Misty Wonton
>

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