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    <p>I need to select only the first row from a query that joins tables A and B. On table B exist multiple records with same name. There are not identifiers in any of the two tables. I cannot change the scheme either because I do not own the DB.</p> <pre><code>TABLE A NAME TABLE B NAME DATA1 DATA2 Select Distinct A.NAME,B.DATA1,B.DATA2 From A Inner Join B on A.NAME = B.NAME </code></pre> <p>This gives me</p> <pre><code>NAME DATA1 DATA2 sameName 1 2 sameName 1 3 otherName 5 7 otherName 8 9 </code></pre> <p>but I need to retrieve only one row per name</p> <pre><code>NAME DATA1 DATA2 sameName 1 2 otherName 5 7 </code></pre> <p>I was able to do this by adding the result into a temp table with a identity column and then select the minimum id per name. </p> <p>The problem here is that I require to do this in one single statement.</p>
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