I wanted to do the sql command "select DISTINCT" but it didn't work if there was another solution. I have four tables namely GSDTS, GSGTS, STFTS and TEMPTABL.
Thanks
Private Sub PopulateComboBox()
Dim query As String = "SELECT DISTINCT PNM FROM GSDTS"
Try
Using con As OleDbConnection = New OleDbConnection(cn)
Using sda As OleDbDataAdapter = New OleDbDataAdapter(query, con)
'Fill the DataTable with records from Table.
Dim dt As DataTable = New DataTable()
sda.Fill(dt)
'Insert the Default Item to DataTable.
Dim row As DataRow = dt.NewRow()
row(0) = ""
dt.Rows.InsertAt(row, 0)
'Assign DataTable as DataSource
ComboBox1.DataSource = dt
ComboBox1.DisplayMember = "PNM"
ComboBox1.ValueMember = "PNM"
End Using
End Using
Catch myerror As OleDbException
MessageBox.Show("Error: " & myerror.Message)
Finally
End Try
End Sub
you neeed to cnage the query to
SELECT DISTINCT PNM FROM GSDTS
UNION
SELECT DISTINCT PNM FROM GSGTS
UNION
SELECT DISTINCT PNM FROM STFTS
UNION
SELECT DISTINCT PNM FROM TEMPTAB
ORDER BY PNM
the DISINCT will only take UNIQUE OMN and the UNION will take care of all duplicates.
But you will so never know,. which PMN belongs to which table.