How to SELECT DISTINCT in cassandra

cassandra, distinct, select

Solution

CQL 3.1.1 and onwards support DISTINCT operation only for partition keys.

SELECT statement now allows listing the partition keys (using the DISTINCT modifier). See CASSANDRA-4536.

Select Syntax

select_statement ::=  SELECT [ JSON | DISTINCT ] ( select_clause | '*' )
                      FROM table_name
                      [ WHERE where_clause ]
                      [ GROUP BY group_by_clause ]
                      [ ORDER BY ordering_clause ]
                      [ PER PARTITION LIMIT (integer | bind_marker) ]
                      [ LIMIT (integer | bind_marker) ]
                      [ ALLOW FILTERING ]
select_clause    ::=  selector [ AS identifier ] ( ',' selector [ AS identifier ] )
selector         ::=  column_name
                      | term
                      | CAST '(' selector AS cql_type ')'
                      | function_name '(' [ selector ( ',' selector )* ] ')'
                      | COUNT '(' '*' ')'
where_clause     ::=  relation ( AND relation )*
relation         ::=  column_name operator term
                      '(' column_name ( ',' column_name )* ')' operator tuple_literal
                      TOKEN '(' column_name ( ',' column_name )* ')' operator term
operator         ::=  '=' | '<' | '>' | '<=' | '>=' | '!=' | IN | CONTAINS | CONTAINS KEY
group_by_clause  ::=  column_name ( ',' column_name )*
ordering_clause  ::=  column_name [ ASC | DESC ] ( ',' column_name [ ASC | DESC ] )*

Problem

I want to `SELECT DISTINCT` in Cassandra, but I think Cassandra doesn't support these operations. How can I do `SELECT DISTINCT` in Cassandra? Is it possible?

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