How to get a cursor with distinct values only?

Question

I want to return a cursor only with distinct values of a column. The column \'Groups\' has more items but with only 2 values: 1,2,1,1,1,2,2,2,1

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Answer 1

you can use distinct argument while making query like this:

public Cursor query (boolean distinct, String table, String[] columns, String selection, String[] selectionArgs, String groupBy, String having, String orderBy, String limit)

Follow this doc for more clearity.

Answer 2

You can have an sql query like this,

public Cursor usingDistinct(String column_name) {
        return db.rawQuery("select DISTINCT "+column_name+" from "+TBL_NAME, null);
    }

Answer 3

You can use below example query, as you have to give column name for distinct

Cursor cursor = db.query(true, YOUR_TABLE_NAME, new String[] { COLUMN_NAME_1 ,COLUMN_NAME_2, COLUMN_NAME_3 }, null, null, COLUMN_NAME_2, null, null, null);

COLUMN_NAME_2 - name of the column for distinct.

remember to add GROUP BY column names

Answer 4

Use boolean true iin the distinct argument, For example :

public Cursor query (**true**, String table, String[] columns, String selection, String[] selectionArgs, String groupBy, String having, String orderBy, String limit);