Mysql DISTINCT still return duplicate value

Question

How can i avoid getting duplicate on friends i still get two bob instead only one bob

My table setup:

CREATE TABLE users(
    id INT PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT,
    name VARCHAR(255)
);

INSERT INTO users (id, name)
VALUES (1, "Gregor"),
    (2, "Liza"),
    (3, "Matt"),
    (4, "Tim"),
    (5, "Lance"),
    (6, "Bob");
    
CREATE TABLE committee(
    id INT PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT,
    user_id INT,
    friend_id INT,
    member_id INT,
    FOREIGN KEY (`user_id`) REFERENCES `users` (`id`),
    FOREIGN KEY (`friend_id`) REFERENCES `users` (`id`),
    FOREIGN KEY (`member_id`) REFERENCES `users` (`id`)
);
INSERT INTO committee (user_id, friend_id, member_id)
VALUES (3, 5, 1),
(4, 5, 1),
(3, 6, 2),
(3, 6, 2),
(4, 6, 2);

query i use:

SELECT DISTINCT u.name,
       GROUP_CONCAT(f.name) AS friends
FROM committee c
INNER JOIN users u ON (u.id = c.user_id)
INNER JOIN committee c2 ON c2.user_id = c.user_id
INNER JOIN users AS f ON (f.id = c2.friend_id)
WHERE (c.member_id = 1)
GROUP BY u.id;

current result:

name    friends
Matt    Lance,Bob,Bob
Tim Lance,Bob

what i expect:

name    friends
Matt    Lance,Bob
Tim Lance,Bob

Answer 1

You need DISTINCT inside GROUP_CONCAT() only:

SELECT u.name,
       GROUP_CONCAT(DISTINCT f.name) AS friends
................................................

Note that SELECT DISTINCT ... does not make sense in your query because you are using GROUP BY which returns distinct rows for each user.

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