I have aquery where there are more then one record for most of the candidates with different value . The example given in the table. I want to get one record for each one only .I have used...

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col1 col2 col3 col4 col5
enrolid candidatename applicationstatus coursecode coursetype
001 abc enrolled 001 fulltime
001 abc applicationwithdrwan 001 fulltime
002 bbc enrolled 003 partime
003 cde enrolled 004 fulltime

How can i remove or filter it further to see only one name for each one not multiple

Posted 20-Aug-14 1:44am

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Updated 20-Aug-14 1:50am

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[no name] 20-Aug-14 7:51am

DISTINCT

1arch1 20-Aug-14 7:55am

I Have used distinct already but information varies on each entry for the same cadidate and same enrolid.

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Sharmanuj · Answer 1 · 2014-08-20T01:51:00

You have to use the Normalization in your SQL query. Split your table based on the Normalization concept.

check the below links.
http://www.dotnet-tricks.com/Tutorial/sqlserver/756N210512-Database-Normalization-Basics.html[^]

http://www.studytonight.com/dbms/database-normalization.php[^]