How i can select distinct value

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How i can select distinct value

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tooba
Posting Yak Master

224 Posts

Posted - 2011-09-20 : 13:50:04

Hi,

May be this is basic question, I have table has duplicate record here is my table structure

TABLEA = ID,LNAME,FNAME,PH

I want whole table with distinct ID, if i use SELECT DISTINCT ID FROM TABLEA, i can get what i want, but i want whole table with distinct ID, which syntax whould i use? Thanks.

visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder

52326 Posts

Posted - 2011-09-20 : 22:13:23

[code]SELECT ID,LNAME,FNAME,PH
FROM
(SELECT ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY ID ORDER BY LNAME,FNAME) AS Rn,ID,LNAME,FNAME,PH
FROM TABLEA
)t
WHERE Rn=1
[/code]

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