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