unique records in sql code example
Example 1: select count of distinct values sql
SELECT COUNT (DISTINCT column-name) FROM table-name
Example 2: distincct sql
SELECT DISTINCT column1, column2, ...
FROM table_name;
Example 3: 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.
Example 4: 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;