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Does anyone know how to do a sort to find the most recent distinct records.

We have records with equipment, and activities the equipment was used for,
but I need a distinct list of where the equipment currently is, if I do a
distinct ...order by date, it will perform the distinct first, ahead of
ordering.

Thanks for your help.
Jul 23 '05 #1
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