DISTINCT my sql code example
Example 1: distincct sql
SELECT DISTINCT column1, column2, ...
FROM table_name;
Example 2: MySQL DISTINCT
When querying data from a table, you may get duplicate rows. In order to remove these duplicate rows, you use the DISTINCT clause in the SELECT statement.
Here is the syntax of the DISTINCT clause:
SELECT DISTINCT
select_list
FROM
table_name;
Example 3: how to find unique element in sql
DISTINCT
- select distinct * from employees; ==>
retrieves any row if it has at
least a single unique column.
- select distinct first_name from employees; ==>
retrieves unique names
from table. (removes duplicates)
- select distinct count(*) from employees;
retrieve number of unique rows
if any row has at least a single unique data.