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- Removed notes about the single DISTINCT restriction. - Rewrote the description for the APPX_COUNT_DISTINCT query option. Change-Id: I3a6e664b016e9408a3ff809f1811253a91764481 Reviewed-on: http://gerrit.cloudera.org:8080/11823 Tested-by: Impala Public Jenkins <impala-public-jenkins@cloudera.com> Reviewed-by: Thomas Marshall <thomasmarshall@cmu.edu>
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE concept PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Concept//EN" "concept.dtd">
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<concept id="distinct">
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<title>DISTINCT Operator</title>
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<prolog>
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<metadata>
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<data name="Category" value="Impala"/>
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<data name="Category" value="SQL"/>
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<data name="Category" value="Querying"/>
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<data name="Category" value="Aggregate Functions"/>
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<data name="Category" value="Developers"/>
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<data name="Category" value="Data Analysts"/>
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</metadata>
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</prolog>
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<conbody>
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<p>
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The <codeph>DISTINCT</codeph> operator in a <codeph>SELECT</codeph> statement filters the
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result set to remove duplicates.
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</p>
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<codeblock>-- Returns the unique values from one column.
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-- NULL is included in the set of values if any rows have a NULL in this column.
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SELECT DISTINCT c_birth_country FROM customer;
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-- Returns the unique combinations of values from multiple columns.
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SELECT DISTINCT c_salutation, c_last_name FROM customer;</codeblock>
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<p>
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You can use <codeph>DISTINCT</codeph> in combination with an aggregation function,
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typically <codeph>COUNT()</codeph>, to find how many different values a column contains.
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</p>
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<codeblock>-- Counts the unique values from one column.
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-- NULL is not included as a distinct value in the count.
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SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT c_birth_country) FROM customer;
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-- Counts the unique combinations of values from multiple columns.
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SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT c_salutation, c_last_name) FROM customer;</codeblock>
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<p conref="../shared/impala_common.xml#common/zero_length_strings"/>
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<note>
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<p>
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In contrast with some database systems that always return <codeph>DISTINCT</codeph>
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values in sorted order, Impala does not do any ordering of <codeph>DISTINCT</codeph>
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values. Always include an <codeph>ORDER BY</codeph> clause if you need the values in
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alphabetical or numeric sorted order.
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</p>
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</note>
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</conbody>
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</concept>
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