RE: group by, distinct not working as expected

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January 2, 2014 at 5:52 am

Just a thought...what's this meant to do?

(dbAddDate >= '2013-01-01' OR '2013-01-01' = '')

AND (dbAddDate <= '2013-12-31' OR '2013-12-31' = '')

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