Records combination

[f1team]

I have a database table tblobjects like this:

object_name, reference_id

a 1
a 2
a 3
a 4

b 2
b 3
b 1
b 4

c 2
c 4
c 5
c 6

d 2
d 4
d 5
d 6


I now would like to have a SQL query which gives me the number of
unique object and reference combinations, like this:

a
b
c

d shouldn't be displayed, because it's equal to c. The problem is also that a sequence of object references is
also important. So, for instance, object a shouldn't be equal to object b. The solution should also work is MS SQL and Mysql.

Any ideas how can I do this?

Thanks!

[b1randon]

I have a database table tblobjects like this:

object_name, reference_id

a 1
a 2
a 3
a 4

b 2
b 3
b 1
b 4

c 2
c 4
c 5
c 6

d 2
d 4
d 5
d 6


I now would like to have a SQL query which gives me the number of
unique object and reference combinations, like this:

a
b
c

d shouldn't be displayed, because it's equal to c. The problem is also that a sequence of object references is
also important. So, for instance, object a shouldn't be equal to object b. The solution should also work is MS SQL and Mysql.

Any ideas how can I do this?

Thanks!

You need to work on the structure of the data. The way you have it now won't suit the functionality you want. You should think about maybe adding a sequence column (otherwise you could do an "ORDER BY" and screw up your data). The sequence column would also help when you go to compare your objects. You're going to want to do a stored procedure with this too, rather than trying to issue a sql stmt, which probably wouldn't be possible anyway.