[thelist] SQL to return one result for duplicate values
Paul Cowan
paul at wishlist.com.au
Mon Apr 29 20:02:01 CDT 2002
Erik wrote:
> I would like to query this table and come up with the
> following result:
>
> word_id word_value
> 1 butter
> 2 guns
> 5 gas
SELECT
word_value, min(word_id) as first_word_id
FROM
table_name
GROUP BY
word_value
How's that? You don't have to use min(), you can use max(), or some DBMSes
have first(), or whatever.
Cheers,
Paul.
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