Remove Duplicate values with a condition

[Paul Mulroney]

Hi Martin,

I had to do this recently where I wanted to remove any duplicates the combination of two fields - first name and last name.

This is how I did it (Studio 10.0, but should work anywhere).  Note I had to create a local var vsFullName

# Remove duplicates - same first name and surname
Do vlOutput.$sort($ref.LastName,kFalse,$ref.FirstName,kFalse)
Do vlOutput.$cols.$add(vsFullName)                                              
Do vlOutput.$sendall($ref.vsFullName.$assign(con($sendallref.FirstName,' ',$sendallref.LastName)))      ## Create special column to remove dups
Do vlOutput.$cols.vsFullName.$removeduplicates(kTrue,kTrue)

You might need to do something similar.

Regards,
Paul.


> On 12 Sep 2022, at 4:52 am, Martin Obongita via omnisdev-en <omnisdev-en at lists.omnis-dev.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi ALL,
> I have the method below to remove duplicate rows in a listDo iSQLTableColNameRowList.$sort($ref.lOriginalColName,kFalse)
> Do iSQLTableColNameRowList.$cols.lOriginalColName.$removeduplicates()
> The problem is it deletes all duplicate rows.
> How do I remove duplicate rows in a list with a condition, say, remove all duplicates but check that C7(the column flag in the list) is true?
> Kind regards
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