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Use DISTINCT instead of GROUP BY

 
      
EMP
ID Name Country Salary
1 Vijay India 6000
2 Bill USA 8000
3 Kris France 3000
4 Bhagat India 2000
5 Steve USA 1000
---- Low Performance by using GROUP BY
SELECT Country FROM EMP WHERE ID BETWEEN 1 AND 5 GROUP BY Country
---- High Performance by using DISTINCT
SELECT DISTINCT Country FROM EMP WHERE ID BETWEEN 1 AND 5
---- both Queries will give the same output but Performance is different, if the data is tooooo big
Output
Country
France
India
USA