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SQL • LESSON 57

DISTINCT Multiple Columns

How can we find unique department and job combinations?

Beginner3 Minutes700 XP
🤔 THE QUESTION

How can we find unique department and job combinations?

💡 WHAT IS IT?

Applying DISTINCT across multiple columns evaluates uniqueness across the combination of all specified fields.

🎯 WHAT IS IT USED FOR?

Cataloging unique role allocations, finding distinct product/warehouse pairings.

💻 EXAMPLE
SELECT DISTINCT department, job_title
FROM employees;

🎯 Mission Objectives

Practice typing production-grade SQL code for DISTINCT Multiple Columns.

  • Multi-column DISTINCT
  • Unique tuples
  • Role matrix
  • Output deduplication