LISTAGG in Oracle to return distinct values

19c and later:

select listagg(distinct the_column, ',') within group (order by the_column)
from the_table

18c and earlier:

select listagg(the_column, ',') within group (order by the_column)
from (
   select distinct the_column 
   from the_table
) t

If you need more columns, something like this might be what you are looking for:

select col1, listagg(col2, ',') within group (order by col2)
from (
  select col1, 
         col2,
         row_number() over (partition by col1, col2 order by col1) as rn
  from foo
  order by col1,col2
)
where rn = 1
group by col1;

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