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distinct

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distinct(value = true) public

Specifies whether the records should be unique or not. For example:

User.select(:name)
# Might return two records with the same name

User.select(:name).distinct
# Returns 1 record per distinct name

User.select(:name).distinct.distinct(false)
# You can also remove the uniqueness

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# File activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/query_methods.rb, line 872
    def distinct(value = true)
      spawn.distinct!(value)
    end

distinct

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