SQL Server/T-SQL/Select Query/DISTINCT
Count distinct values
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1> create table employee( 2> ID int, 3> name nvarchar (10), 4> salary int, 5> start_date datetime, 6> city nvarchar (10), 7> region char (1)) 8> GO 1> 2> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 3> values (1, "Jason", 40420, "02/01/94", "New York", "W") 4> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (2, "Robert",14420, "01/02/95", "Vancouver","N") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (3, "Celia", 24020, "12/03/96", "Toronto", "W") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (4, "Linda", 40620, "11/04/97", "New York", "N") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (5, "David", 80026, "10/05/98", "Vancouver","W") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (6, "James", 70060, "09/06/99", "Toronto", "N") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (7, "Alison",90620, "08/07/00", "New York", "W") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (8, "Chris", 26020, "07/08/01", "Vancouver","N") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (9, "Mary", 60020, "06/09/02", "Toronto", "W") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> 2> select * from employee 3> GO ID name salary start_date city region
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1 Jason 40420 1994-02-01 00:00:00.000 New York W
2 Robert 14420 1995-01-02 00:00:00.000 Vancouver N
3 Celia 24020 1996-12-03 00:00:00.000 Toronto W
4 Linda 40620 1997-11-04 00:00:00.000 New York N
5 David 80026 1998-10-05 00:00:00.000 Vancouver W
6 James 70060 1999-09-06 00:00:00.000 Toronto N
7 Alison 90620 2000-08-07 00:00:00.000 New York W
8 Chris 26020 2001-07-08 00:00:00.000 Vancouver N
9 Mary 60020 2002-06-09 00:00:00.000 Toronto W
(9 rows affected) 1> 2> 3> SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT City) 4> FROM Employee 5> GO
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(1 rows affected) 1> 2> 3> 4> 5> drop table employee 6> GO 1>
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DISTINCT clause can be used only once in a SELECT list, precede all column names in that list
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1> 2> CREATE TABLE works_on (emp_no INTEGER NOT NULL, 3> project_no CHAR(4) NOT NULL, 4> job CHAR (15) NULL, 5> enter_date DATETIME NULL) 6> 7> insert into works_on values (1, "p1", "analyst", "1997.10.1") 8> insert into works_on values (1, "p3", "manager", "1999.1.1") 9> insert into works_on values (2, "p2", "clerk", "1998.2.15") 10> insert into works_on values (2, "p2", NULL, "1998.6.1") 11> insert into works_on values (3, "p2", NULL, "1997.12.15") 12> insert into works_on values (4, "p3", "analyst", "1998.10.15") 13> insert into works_on values (5, "p1", "manager", "1998.4.15") 14> insert into works_on values (6, "p1", NULL, "1998.8.1") 15> insert into works_on values (7, "p2", "clerk", "1999.2.1") 16> insert into works_on values (8, "p3", "clerk", "1997.11.15") 17> insert into works_on values (7, "p1", "clerk", "1998.1.4") 18> 19> select * from works_on 20> GO (1 rows affected) (1 rows affected) (1 rows affected) (1 rows affected) (1 rows affected) (1 rows affected) (1 rows affected) (1 rows affected) (1 rows affected) (1 rows affected) (1 rows affected) emp_no project_no job enter_date
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1 p1 analyst 1997-10-01 00:00:00.000
1 p3 manager 1999-01-01 00:00:00.000
2 p2 clerk 1998-02-15 00:00:00.000
2 p2 NULL 1998-06-01 00:00:00.000
3 p2 NULL 1997-12-15 00:00:00.000
4 p3 analyst 1998-10-15 00:00:00.000
5 p1 manager 1998-04-15 00:00:00.000
6 p1 NULL 1998-08-01 00:00:00.000
7 p2 clerk 1999-02-01 00:00:00.000
8 p3 clerk 1997-11-15 00:00:00.000
7 p1 clerk 1998-01-04 00:00:00.000
(11 rows affected) 1> 2> -- DISTINCT clause can be used only once in a SELECT list, precede all column names in that list. 3> 4> SELECT emp_fname, DISTINCT emp_no FROM works_on WHERE project_no = "p1" OR project_no = "p2" 5> GO Msg 156, Level 15, State 1, Server sqle\SQLEXPRESS, Line 4 Incorrect syntax near the keyword "DISTINCT". 1> 2> drop table works_on 3> GO 1>
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Select distinct value
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1> create table employee( 2> ID int, 3> name nvarchar (10), 4> salary int, 5> start_date datetime, 6> city nvarchar (10), 7> region char (1)) 8> GO 1> 2> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 3> values (1, "Jason", 40420, "02/01/94", "New York", "W") 4> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (2, "Robert",14420, "01/02/95", "Vancouver","N") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (3, "Celia", 24020, "12/03/96", "Toronto", "W") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (4, "Linda", 40620, "11/04/97", "New York", "N") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (5, "David", 80026, "10/05/98", "Vancouver","W") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (6, "James", 70060, "09/06/99", "Toronto", "N") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (7, "Alison",60020, "08/07/00", "New York", "W") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (8, "Chris", 60020, "07/08/01", "Vancouver","N") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region) 2> values (9, "Mary", 60020, "06/09/02", "Toronto", "W") 3> GO (1 rows affected) 1> 2> select * from employee 3> GO ID name salary start_date city region
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1 Jason 40420 1994-02-01 00:00:00.000 New York W
2 Robert 14420 1995-01-02 00:00:00.000 Vancouver N
3 Celia 24020 1996-12-03 00:00:00.000 Toronto W
4 Linda 40620 1997-11-04 00:00:00.000 New York N
5 David 80026 1998-10-05 00:00:00.000 Vancouver W
6 James 70060 1999-09-06 00:00:00.000 Toronto N
7 Alison 60020 2000-08-07 00:00:00.000 New York W
8 Chris 60020 2001-07-08 00:00:00.000 Vancouver N
9 Mary 60020 2002-06-09 00:00:00.000 Toronto W
(9 rows affected) 1> 2> 3> SELECT DISTINCT Salary FROM Employee 4> GO Salary
14420
24020
40420
40620
60020
70060
80026
(7 rows affected) 1> 2> 3> 4> drop table employee 5> GO 1>
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