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Consider the following two SQL commands with reference to a table, named MOVIES, having a column named Director:

(a) Select Distinct Director from MOVIES;

(b) Select Director from MOVIES;

  1. In which case will these two commands produce the same result?
  2. In which case will these two commands produce different results?

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  1. The two SQL commands will produce the same result when there are no duplicate values in the Director column of the MOVIES table. If every Director value in the table is unique, both commands will return the same set of distinct Director values.

  2. The two SQL commands will produce different results when there are duplicate values in the Director column of the MOVIES table. The first command with DISTINCT will only return unique Director values, omitting duplicates, whereas the second command without DISTINCT will return all Director values, including duplicates.

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