Eliminating Duplicate Date type Data Using DISTINCT : DISTINCT « Select Query « Oracle PL / SQL






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Eliminating Duplicate Date type Data Using DISTINCT

 
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> CREATE TABLE emp (
  2     empID      INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
  3     CourseID    INT NOT NULL,
  4     ProfessorID INT NOT NULL,
  5     SustainedOn DATE,
  6     Comments    VARCHAR(255));

Table created.

SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO emp (empID,CourseID,ProfessorID,SustainedOn,Comments) VALUES (1,1,1,DATE '2003-03-12','Hard');

1 row created.

SQL> INSERT INTO emp (empID,CourseID,ProfessorID,SustainedOn,Comments) VALUES (2,2,1,DATE '2003-03-13','Simple');

1 row created.

SQL> INSERT INTO emp (empID,CourseID,ProfessorID,SustainedOn,Comments) VALUES (3,3,2,DATE '2003-03-11','1 hour long');

1 row created.

SQL> INSERT INTO emp (empID,CourseID,ProfessorID,SustainedOn) VALUES (4,4,3,DATE '2003-03-18');

1 row created.

SQL> INSERT INTO emp (empID,CourseID,ProfessorID,SustainedOn,Comments) VALUES (5,5,2,DATE '2003-03-19','2 hours long');

1 row created.

SQL>
SQL> SELECT DISTINCT empID, SustainedOn FROM emp;

     EMPID SUSTAINED
---------- ---------
         1 12-MAR-03
         2 13-MAR-03
         3 11-MAR-03
         4 18-MAR-03
         5 19-MAR-03

5 rows selected.

SQL>
SQL> drop table emp;

Table dropped.








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