how to not select duplicate rows in sql code example

Example 1: select count of distinct values sql

SELECT COUNT (DISTINCT column-name)  FROM table-name

Example 2: sql server select rows by distinct column

SELECT a.*
FROM emails a
INNER JOIN 
  (SELECT email,
    MIN(id) as id
  FROM emails 
  GROUP BY email 
) AS b
  ON a.email = b.email 
  AND a.id = b.id;