SQL Basic- SQL DISTINCT Statement


SQL DISTINCT Statement:


This statement is used to show only DISTINCT values.



SELECT DISTINCT Statement:


In a table:


  • A column contain many duplicate value and you want only different values from table.
  • This statement retrieve only distinct(different) values.


Syntax:


SELECT DISTINCT column_name FROM table_name;



Table:    'Student'


StudentID             StudentName               Address                Country
1             Ajay               Noida                India
2             Ajeet               Bareilly                India
3             Shivam               Nagaland                India


Example:

SELECT DISTINCT Country 

FROM Student;




The above SQL statement selects only distinct values from the "Country" columns from the "Student" table:


After executing this statement, it result is

Country
India


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