删除MySQL查询的重复结果

A MySQL query retrieves:

totalpoints --  name 
55 -- John Doe
55 -- John Doe
55 -- John Doe
55 -- John Doe
55 -- John Doe
21 -- Jean London
21 -- Jean London
13 -- Mark Derry
13 -- Mark Derry
13 -- Mark Derry
13 -- Mark Derry
4 -- Lara Croft
1 -- Ryan Mirtle
1 -- Ryan Mirtle
1 -- Ryan Mirtle

I need to show in a php page just:

totalpoints --  name 
55 -- John Doe
21 -- Jean London
13 -- Mark Derry
4 -- Lara Croft
1 -- Ryan Mirtle

How can I get rid off the repeated results? Thanks a lot

What about using DISTINCT? Seems pretty easy... But you actually tried to google it? ou would have found it in no time.

select name,totalpoints
from table
group by name
order by totalpoints desc
select distinct name,totalpoints from table

Very easy. use following query:

SELECT totalpoints, name
FROM table_name
GROUP BY name
ORDER BY totalpoints DESC

Please use DISTINCT keyword in your query to avoid duplicate entries