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9.8

Select DISTINCT

Asked by llputney in MS SQL Server

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I want to query a table with addresses, but only want one unique address.  I have a table with unique ID numbers with duplicate names and addresses.  For example:

ID            lastname       address                   city           state      zip
---           -----------      --------------------      ----           ------     -----
1             Doe               123 Street              Boise          ID         55555
2             Doe               123 Street              Boise          ID         55555
3             Doe               123 Street              Boise          ID         55555
4             Thomas         555 Circle               Tamp         FL         77777              
5             Thomas         555 Circle               Tamp         FL         77777
6             Thomas         555 Circle               Tamp         FL         77777


I only want to select DISTINCT on the address column to bring results like this:

Results
---------
ID            lastname       address                   city           state      zip
---           -----------      --------------------      ----           ------     -----
1             Doe               123 Street              Boise          ID         55555
4             Thomas         555 Circle               Tamp         FL         77777

How can I select multiple columns with one DISTINCT column?

I tried this and didn't work:
select DISTINCT ID, firstname, lastname, address, city, state, zip
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