how to use DISTINCT here in my query CODEIGNITER

Question

$q = $this->db->select('
             books.title,
             reserved_books.id,
             reserved_books.isbn, 
             reserved_books.price,
             reserved_books.item_sold,
             reserved_books.date_sold,
             reserved_books.total_amount
            ')
        ->from('reserved_books')
        ->join('books','reserved_books.isbn= books.isbn')
        ->limit($limit,$offset);

how can i use distinct here in my query? reserved_books.isbn is the unique one.

Answer 1

Try Below:

$this->db->distinct();

but Distinct will not always work. You should add ->group_by("name_of_the_column_which_needs_to_be unique");

$this->db->group_by('column_name');