Question

I want to select all the columns but the column name given in DISTINCT is repeated twice.
For Intance,

SELECT DISTICT emp_name,* FROM EMPLOYEE

In above case, column emp_name is getting selected twice.
How can I avoid it?

UPDATE:
How to apply DISTINCT on selected column while returning multiple columns?
FOR instance:

SELECT DISTINCT(emp_name), emp_address, doj FROM EMPLOYEE

In above example DISTINCT must be applied on emp_name.

Answer 1

Remove emp_name

SELECT DISTINCT * FROM EMPLOYEE

or replace * with all columns:

SELECT DISTINCT emp_name, col1, col2 ... FROM EMPLOYEE

you can also use:

SELECT max(emp_name), emp_address, doj 
FROM EMPLOYEE
GROUP BY emp_address,doj