Date:         Tue, 1 Mar 2005 11:44:46 +1100
Reply-To:     Thara Vardhan <Thara.Vardhan@djj.nsw.gov.au>
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From:         Thara Vardhan <Thara.Vardhan@djj.nsw.gov.au>
Subject:      eliminate records where the person was re-admitted on the same
              day that they were discharged
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Dear List members

can you please help me with a syntax for the following problem

I want to eliminate records where the person was re-admitted on the
same day that they were discharged. I want to write the syntax that will
delete record b.


for example  my data contains records like these

  Personid  admdate                  disdate
  17152     27-MAY-2003    18-JUL-2003
  17152     18-JUL-2003    26-SEP-2003

Looking forward to your reply.

regards
thara


Thara Vardhan
Senior Project Officer
Research, Planning & Evaluation Branch
Tel: (02) 9219-9515


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