How to select distinct rows without using group by statement

Question

A B C
1 1 1 
1 1 1 
2 2 2 
2 2 2 
3 3 3 
3 3 3 
4 4 4 
4 4 4 
5 5 5 
5 5 5 
5 5 5 
6 6 6
6 6 6 

I am to output only the distinct rows without using

Answer 1

the DISTINCT keyword does what you want. I.e., if the name of your table is A, select distinct * from A will do the trick.

Cf. mysql manual: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/select.html