SQL: Grouping entries by one colum, regardless of the values of other colums

Question

I want to group entries in a table by just one matching colum. Here is an example of the data:

COLUM1       COLUM2       COLUM3
034          XY           CV
040          FG           RR
098          GT           ZT
034          CC           UU
034          ZT           HG
098          QA           BN

Now I want to group this data just by COLUM1, regardless of the values in the other colums. So that the output looks like this:

COLUM1       COLUM2       COLUM3
034          XY           CV
034          ZT           HG
034          CC           UU
098          QA           BN
098          GT           ZT
040          FG           RR

How can this be achieved?

Answer 1

Use ORDER BY

SELECT COLUM1, COLUM2, COLUM3
FROM yourtable
ORDER BY COLUM1

Answer 2

Simlpy use

order by column1;

But if you want to use group by and order by in same query you can use

select * from (
select * from table1 order by column1) tempName
group by calumn2;

Its not efficient but its working.