SQL DISTINCT alternate

From: Seema Singh <oracledbam_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 09:42:23 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.0033078F.20010620094936@fatcity.com>

Hi
In a sql stmt what will be the impact if we used DISTINCT clause and how we can overcomes on the performance bottleneck caused by DISTINCT. like ... SELECT DISTINCT A,B,C FROM TAB_1 I want to get same output without using distinct?Is this possible?If, YES then how?
Thanks in advance
-Seema

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