Lowell (8/2/2013)
I just noticed every one of us skipped over a basic group by as an alternative, and went straight to row_number.this is probably the simplest:
SELECT
name,
min([address]) as address
From MySampleData
GROUP BY name
haha you're right Lowell. I think for me it was the "doesn't matter which one" so I went to row_number instinctively so i could 'randomize' it with a useless order by. Good catch.
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