# Is there distinct like query in elastic search? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [April 18, 2012, 6:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-distinct-like-query-in-elastic-search/7373 "2012-04-18T06:49:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Abhishek\_Jajoria](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5e925/32.png) [@Abhishek\_Jajoria](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Abhishek_Jajoria)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2012, 6:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-distinct-like-query-in-elastic-search/7373/1 "2012-04-18T06:49:33Z")
I have duplicate documnets with distinct ids in my index but I want to get the result for the lowest value of ids. like we have sql query select distinct name from table. Is there a such a query in elasticsearch ---
**Author:** ![Igor\_Motov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/igor_motov/32/45193_2.png) [@Igor\_Motov](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Igor_Motov)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 2:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-distinct-like-query-in-elastic-search/7373/2 "2012-04-19T14:49:40Z")
This functionality is not implemented yet - [Field Collapsing/Combining · Issue #256 · elastic/elasticsearch · GitHub](https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/256) On Wednesday, April 18, 2012 2:49:33 AM UTC-4, jajoria abhishek wrote: > I have duplicate documnets with distinct ids in my index but I want to get > the result for the lowest value of ids. > like we have sql query select distinct name from table. Is there a such a > query in elasticsearch ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 3:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-distinct-like-query-in-elastic-search/7373/3 "2017-07-06T03:31:54Z")