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SQL SELECT DISTINCTThe SQL DISTINCT command is used with SELECT key word to retrieve only distinct or unique data. In a table, there may be a chance to exist a duplicate value and sometimes we want to retrieve only unique values. In such scenarios, SQL SELECT DISTINCT statement is used. Note: SQL SELECT UNIQUE and SQL SELECT DISTINCT statements are same.Let's see the syntax of select distinct statement. SELECT DISTINCT column_name ,column_name FROM table_name; Let's try to understand it by the table given below:
Here is a table of students from where we want to retrieve distinct information For example: distinct home-town. SELECT DISTINCT home_town FROM students Now, it will return two rows.
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