Select DISTINCT rows from multiple tables where only 1 column has the distinct records

Question

I am trying to get distinct rows when I run the following query. But I get rows that are repeated When I use SELECT DISTINCT I get an error, and GROUP BY is the same I know it is possible but I having trouble figuring it out

The distinct records are in the first column TEST.TEST_ID

SELECT TEST.TEST_ID, TEST.TEST_TYP_ID, TEST.LOCATIONSECTIONID, TY.NAME, TEST.TITLE, TXT.TEXT, TEST.REPORT_DATE, TEST.START_DATE, TEST.END_DATE, SC.DISPLAY_NAME, EL.EL_ID, SC.SC_ID, O.DISPLAY_NAME
FROM TEST_TEST AS TEST
    LEFT JOIN TEST_TYPE TY ON TEST.TEST_TYP_ID = TY.TEST_TYP_ID
    LEFT JOIN TEST_OPTN_TEST OPT ON TEST.TEST_ID = OPT.TEST_ID
    LEFT JOIN TEST_OPTN O ON OPT.OPTION_NUMBER = O.OPTION_NUMBER
    LEFT JOIN TEST_EL EL ON OPT.EL_ID = EL.EL_ID
    LEFT JOIN TEST_TXT TXT ON TEST.TEST_ID = TXT.TEST_ID
    LEFT JOIN TEST_EL_SC SC ON OPT.EL_ID = SC.EL_ID
WHERE
TEST.TEST_TYP_ID = 1 
AND TEST.TITLE LIKE '%SOME TEXT%'
AND SC.DISPLAY_NAME = 'SOME TEXT'

THANKS

Answer 1

I got it I was receiving the error The ntext data type cannot be selected as DISTINCT because it is not comparable. (Line 1) So I removed that column which is TXT.TEXT and I got the distinct rows

SELECT DISTINCT TEST.TEST_ID, TEST.TEST_TYP_ID, TEST.LOCATIONSECTIONID, TY.NAME, TEST.TITLE, TEST.REPORT_DATE, TEST.START_DATE, TEST.END_DATE, SC.DISPLAY_NAME, EL.EL_ID, SC.SC_ID, O.DISPLAY_NAME
FROM TEST_TEST AS TEST
    LEFT JOIN TEST_TYPE TY ON TEST.TEST_TYP_ID = TY.TEST_TYP_ID
    LEFT JOIN TEST_OPTN_TEST OPT ON TEST.TEST_ID = OPT.TEST_ID
    LEFT JOIN TEST_OPTN O ON OPT.OPTION_NUMBER = O.OPTION_NUMBER
    LEFT JOIN TEST_EL EL ON OPT.EL_ID = EL.EL_ID
    LEFT JOIN TEST_TXT TXT ON TEST.TEST_ID = TXT.TEST_ID
    LEFT JOIN TEST_EL_SC SC ON OPT.EL_ID = SC.EL_ID
WHERE
TEST.TEST_TYP_ID = 1 
AND TEST.TITLE LIKE '%SOME TEXT%'
AND SC.DISPLAY_NAME = 'SOME TEXT'

This worked but would I would do if I want to include that text column.

Thanks