MySQL - SELECT the name that comes first alphabetically

Question

I have started to learn MySQL.

Here is the table world:

+-------------+-----------+---------+
|    name     | continent |  area   |
+--         


        

Answer 1

Try this

select distinct  w.continent, 
                 (select w2.name 
                  from world w2 
                  where  w.continent =  w2.continent 
                  order by name asc 
                  limit 1) name 
from world w
order by w.continent