DISTINCT Select List SQL

Question

I am trying to create a distinct select list with a substr to remove either everything after a ":" or a word at the end of the field and am having a little trouble. Hope someone can help.
We are on Version 4.1 and I am in the Shared Components for current database. I can get the distinct to work but not the substr.
This works without :
select distinct GROUP_VP_DESC D,
GROUP_VP_DESC R
from xxc.XXC_GL_DIV_REG_FAC
order by 1
This works in TOAD, so tried to insert into sql above but keep getting error about in-line query:
select distinct(substr(group_vp_desc, 1,instr(group_vp_desc, ':',1)-1)) "Group"
from xxc.XXC_GL_DIV_REG_FAC
order by 1
Any assistance is appreciated, thank you in advance.
Krise

Answer 1

You are missing the return value in the query, but in case you just mis typed, I have had to wrap select statements with another select for lists with complex code.
e.g.
Select group, ret from
select distinct(substr(group_vp_desc, 1,instr(group_vp_desc, ':',1)-1)) "Group", distinct(substr(group_vp_desc, 1,instr(group_vp_desc, ':',1)-1)) "Ret"
from xxc.XXC_GL_DIV_REG_FAC
order by 1