Wow, that was easy.

Thanks!

AZ Pete wrote:

> This should work:
>
> select *
> from stuff
> group by last_name
>
> You must realize that the row that is displayed for any given name 
> will be one of many.
>
> For example, if your data set was:
> 123 Jim Smith
> 124 Bob Smith
> 125 Jack Smith
> 126 Peter Jones
>
> running the above query would give the result:
> 123 Jim Smith
> 126 Peter Jones
>
> So, the only Smith that is displayed (in this case) is 123 Jim Smith.  
> The other 'Smith' rows will not be displayed.
> Be careful: since you want to display all columns, but are grouping by 
> only one column, MySql generally will choose the first row in the 
> grouping to display.
>
> Hope this helps.
> Peter
>
>
> At 04:18 PM 2/10/2005, you wrote:
>
>> I have a query something like this:
>>
>> select * from stuff
>>
>> I want to select rows where each name is distinct like:
>>
>> select distinct name from stuff
>>
>> The first query gives me all columns, but includes the duplicate 
>> names. The second query gives me the name column with no duplicates. 
>> How can I combine the two, so I get all columns, but without 
>> duplicate names?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
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