SQL Distinct

The SELECT keyword allows us to grab all information from a column (or columns) on a table. This, of course, necessarily mean that there will be redundancies. What if we only want to select each DISTINCT element? This is easy to accomplish in SQL. All we need to do is to add DISTINCTafter SELECT. The syntax is as follows:

SELECT DISTINCT "column_name"
FROM "table_name"

For example, 

custcode	custname	city	qty	rate
1	Siva	Srivilliputtur	50	70
2	Bala	Sivakasi	30	56
3	Kanna	Madurai	100	200
4	Vijay	Chennai	30	30
5	Kodee	Srivilliputtur	60	30
5	Kodee	Srivilliputtur	60	30

Ex:1

Select Distinct city from custmast

Output:

city

Srivilliputtur

Sivakasi

Madurai

Chennai

  

Ex:2

Select Distinct * from custmast

OutPut :

custcode	custname	city	qty	rate
1	Siva	Srivilliputtur	50	70
2	Bala	Sivakasi	30	56
3	Kanna	Madurai	100	200
4	Vijay	Chennai	30	30
5	Kodee	Srivilliputtur	60	30