DISTINCT

The DISTINCT keywords return all the unique occurrences of values in a specific column from the table. It is very often used to make sure that duplicated rows of data are dealt with when necessary in the query.

To demonstrate the use of DISTINCT, let's query all distinct available categories from the products table.

SELECT DISTINCT(category) 
FROM products;
OUTPUT category --------------- Electronics Audio Storage Monitors Laptops Auto Camera Office TV Accessories Home Gaming Personal Care Drones Health Smart Home Smartphones Kitchen Tablets Wearables (20 rows)