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Asked: May 12, 20262026-05-12T20:25:44+00:00 2026-05-12T20:25:44+00:00

I have the following table structure. A | B | C I wish to

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I have the following table structure.

 A | B | C

I wish to pull column A and B where all the results of A and B are distinct. I wish to ignor column C. My unerstading of the distinct keyword that it looks at the whole row not jst the columns you return. Any ideas how I could do this?

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    2026-05-12T20:25:44+00:00Added an answer on May 12, 2026 at 8:25 pm

    Not so. DISTINCT looks at whatever columns you specify. So for you, SELECT DISTINCT A, B FROM table.

    I’d prefer the GROUP BY though: SELECT A, B FROM table GROUP BY A, B

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