MySQL Error: SELECT list is not in GROUP BY clause

Question

I have a problem with my query and mysql throws the following error:

#1055 - Expression #66 of SELECT list is not in GROUP BY clause and 
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Answer 1

If you want to use GROUP BY on specific column and get the id's of the results there is one nice trick how to do it:

SELECT `distinct_column`, MAX(`id`), MAX(`another_int_column`) FROM `table_name` GROUP BY `distinct_column`

Result:

distinct_column  id       another_int_column
Abertamy         13579    11
Adamov           17765    14
Adolfovice       2924     3
Achotín          2241     2
Babice           17772    14

Now you have distinct values from distinct_column and with it the values of the corresponding row.

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I think that the id and another_int_column have to be unique, but i'm not sure.