I have a table of data like this:
id user_id A B C
=====================
1 15 1 2 3
2 15 1 2 5
3 20 1 3 9
4 20 1 3 7
I need to remove duplicate user ids and keep the record that sorts lowest when sorting by A then B then C. So using the above table, I set up a temp query (qry_temp) that simply does the sort--first on user_id, then on A, then on B, then on C. It returns the following:
id user_id A B C
====================
1 15 1 2 3
2 15 1 2 5
4 20 1 3 7
3 20 1 3 9
Then I wrote a Totals Query based on qry_temp that just had user_id (Group By) and then id (First), and I assumed this would return the following:
user_id id
===========
15 1
20 4
But it doesn't seem to do that--instead it appears to be just returning the lowest id in a group of duplicate user ids (so I get 1 and 3 instead of 1 and 4). Shouldn't the Totals query use the order of the query it's based upon? Is there a property setting in the query that might impact this or another way to get what I need? If it helps, here is the SQL:
SELECT qry_temp.user_id, First(qry_temp.ID) AS FirstOfID
FROM qry_temp
GROUP BY qry_temp.user_id;