how to select distinct values ?

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hi
i have select query return duplicate value
i try use selec distinct column1,column2,.... from table
but there is an error

the ntext data type cannot be selected as distinct.

how can prevent duplicate on speciefic column such as id

Posted 17-Mar-11 1:51am

abdojawad

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Solution 2

Try this

select distinct (col1,col2) from tablename

go through the below link
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Posted 17-Mar-11 1:56am

Rajesh Anuhya

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#realJSOP · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-17T01:55:00

Solution 1

Try casting column1 to a varchar

select distinct cast(column1 as varchar(max)), column2...

Posted 17-Mar-11 1:55am

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Аslam Iqbal 17-Mar-11 8:10am

pure solution

Pravin Patil, Mumbai 17-Mar-11 8:12am

My 5...

fjdiewornncalwe 17-Mar-11 9:44am

It's almost amusing that the OP even has the terminology correct and wasn't bothered to check the web. "SQL distinct" returned 1.6 million results with the entire first page consisting of tutorials on how to implement it.