MYSQL select only 1 from 5 same values

Question

I want to get one value out of 5 which are the same, lets say 5 records have the same value in some column.

How do I only get one out of them and not 5 ?

Answer 1

Add DISTINCT to your query:

SELECT DISTINCT field FROM table;

Answer 2

You could use

"SELECT * WHERE column = 'Term' ORDER BY column2 LIMIT 1"

and then a simple while loop to output the data