d on.
    </P
></BLOCKQUOTE
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="QUERIES-DISTINCT"
>7.3.3. <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>DISTINCT</TT
></A
></H2
><P
>    After the select list has been processed, the result table can
    optionally be subject to the elimination of duplicate rows.  The
    <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>DISTINCT</TT
> key word is written directly after
    <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>SELECT</TT
> to specify this:
</P><PRE
CLASS="SYNOPSIS"
>SELECT DISTINCT <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>select_