Django MySQL distinct query for getting multiple values

Question

I have a MySQL database unfortunately used with Django 1.4.1. Distinct function is only working for POSTGRESQL if i get it right.

Answer 1

.distinct([*fields]) only works in PostgresSQL.

From distinct documentation

Here's the difference. For a normal distinct() call, the database compares each field in each row when determining which rows are distinct. For a distinct() call with specified field names, the database will only compare the specified field names.

As stated all fields in a record are checked. Mostly likely in your case you are getting records with different field values (more likely a case if you are queries multiple tables ManyToMany or ForeignKey relations).

For consolidating as array you can refer your earlier question Django Query distinct values works but i cant use the query result