I have a mysql table that looks like this:
1 value1 value2 3534
2 value1 value1 8456
3 value1 value2 3566
4 value1 value3 7345
5 value2 value3 6734
I need a query to select all the rows with distinct column 2 and 3, for example the output I want for this example will look like this:
1 value1 value2 3534
2 value1 value1 8456
4 value1 value3 7345
5 value2 value3 6734
i've found a few samples on how to do it but they all select distinct on each column individually.
Better you use this against above.
SELECT id, col2, col3, col4
FROM yourtable
GROUP BY col2, col3;
The reason I am saying is because using CONCAT, I am not getting desired result in this case. First query is returning me 5 rows however CONCAT is returning me 4 rows which is INCORRECT.
Hope you got my point.
Assumed the columns in the table are (id, col2, col3, col4).
SELECT DISTINCT(CONCAT(col2, col3)) as "dummy column", id, col2, col3, col4
FROM yourtable
GROUP BY CONCAT(col2, col3);
SELECT id, col2, col3, MIN(col4)
FROM yourtable
GROUP BY col2, col3;