SQL/mysql - Select distinct/UNIQUE but return all columns?

Question

SELECT DISTINCT field1, field2, field3, ......   FROM table

I am trying to accomplish the following sql statement but I want it to return all colum

Answer 1

Great question @aryaxt -- you can tell it was a great question because you asked it 5 years ago and I stumbled upon it today trying to find the answer!

I just tried to edit the accepted answer to include this, but in case my edit does not make it in:

If your table was not that large, and assuming your primary key was an auto-incrementing integer you could do something like this:

SELECT 
  table.*
FROM table
--be able to take out dupes later
LEFT JOIN (
  SELECT field, MAX(id) as id
  FROM table
  GROUP BY field
) as noDupes on noDupes.id = table.id
WHERE
  //this will result in only the last instance being seen
  noDupes.id is not NULL