elcabron10 Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 I am facing this problem, everything works perfect except it shows all the data form the mysql column(DeptName). What i want is to only display the data once. eg. if the column contains two same name like (IT Department) it must only display one name (IT Department) in the dropdown list. Please advise. <tr> <td>Department</td> <td> <?php mysql_connect('localhost','root','admin') or die ('Could not fetch data from database.'); mysql_select_db('dctvmaindb') or die ('Connection could not be established.'); $query = mysql_query("SELECT DeptName FROM tbldepartmentlist"); $options = ""; while($result=mysql_fetch_array($query)) { $options .= '<option value= "' .$result['DeptName'].'">' .$result['DeptName'].'</option>'; } ?> <select id="Department" name="Department"> <?php echo $options; ?> </select> </td> </tr> Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/285302-display-data-from-mysql-column-only-once/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
kicken Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Use the DISTINCT keyword in your query. SELECT DISTINCT DeptName FROM tbldepartmentlist Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/285302-display-data-from-mysql-column-only-once/#findComment-1464913 Share on other sites More sharing options...
elcabron10 Posted January 12, 2014 Author Share Posted January 12, 2014 Thank you! you save me! Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/285302-display-data-from-mysql-column-only-once/#findComment-1464915 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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