Try
SELECT name, min(score) FROM grades
GROUP BY name;
--Greg Johnson
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Subject: Distinct Selects...
Q: I have the following table "grades":
+--------+--------+
| name | score |
+--------+--------+
| John | 10 |
+--------+--------+
| John | 8 |
+--------+--------+
| Carl | 10 |
+--------+--------+
| Mary | 6 |
+--------+--------+
I want to select distinct names (no duplicates) with a score (for my
purposes any score will do for a given name, i.e. John 10, or John 8
would
be fine but not both). So I want a result to be something like:
+--------+--------+
| John | 8 |
+--------+--------+
| Carl | 10 |
+--------+--------+
| Mary | 6 |
+--------+--------+
At first I tried "SELECT distinct name, score FROM grades"; however,
this
returns all rows as John 10 and John 8 ROWS are still distinct. Any
ideas
how to get distinct names for this select?
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