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[CMcC] found layout format annoying in its terseness, so wrote a simple wrapper to allow comments:

    proc layout {string} {
	set result ""
	foreach line [split $string \n] {
	    set line [string trim [lindex [split $line \#] 0]]
	    if {$line eq ""} continue
	    foreach {name t} [split $line :] break
	    if {$t eq ""} {
		set t "S"
	    }
	    #puts stderr "Layout: $line -> $name:$t"
	    append result "$name:$t" \n
	}
	return $result
    }

Example:

    set trouble_layout [layout {
	user	# user with trouble
	mid	# message id
	error:I	# error code
	text	# error text
    }]
	
    ::mk::view layout $db.trouble $trouble_layout

'''How do I get a 'distinct' item result set?'''

Partnumber
0001
0001
0001
0003
0004
0006
0006

and you want to retrieve the unique values only -- such as:

Partnumber
0001
0002
0003
0004
0006 

 # code here

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