Distinct issue

Hi

I wanna write a proc that returns Distinct CustomerID's in a table and returns result in output parameter

When i try this, i get error - incorrect syntax near distinct. Any ideas??

ALTER PROCEDURE proc_Report_CountCustomers_Sept
(
@.CustCount int OUTPUT
)
AS
SET NOCOUNT ON
select
@.CustCount = distinct(CustomerID)
from
Orders
Where
OrderDate > '2006-09-01' and OrderDate < '2006-10-01'

hi,

what you want to return, count of distinct ids or distinct ids itself ?

regards,

satish

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hehe.. er ofcourse. I wanted to count the distinct ids, but i didnt count

i worked it out

cheers brother

ALTER PROCEDURE proc_Report_CountCustomers_Sept
(
@.CustCount int OUTPUT
)
AS
SET NOCOUNT ON
SELECT
@.CustCount =Count(DISTINCT(CustomerID))
FROM
Orders
WHERE
OrderDate > '2006-09-01' and OrderDate < '2006-10-01'

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good you got it working :),

cheers ,

satish