RE: Need Help with SQL

I don't have an answer.... just trying to decipher the requirement:

You are asking for a result set that shows for any set of values for A, B, & C; show the value in Column 4 of the value that occurs most often in column 4? And you want distinct A, B, & C values so that you only see, as in your example, either A1, B1, C1, D2 or A1, B1, C1, D4, but not both.

Data:
Frog, Giraffe, Lion, Ocelot
Frog, Giraffe, Lion, Cat
Frog, Giraffe, Lion, Dog
Frog, Giraffe, Lion, Cat
Frog, Giraffe, Lion, Ocelot
Tiger, Giraffe, Lion, Owl
Tiger, Giraffe, Lion, Owl
Frog, Bison, Lion, Ocelot
Frog, Bison, Lion, Armadillo
Frog, Bison, Lion, Cat

Result would be:
Either one of these:
Frog, Giraffe, Lion, Cat
Frog, Giraffe, Lion, Ocelot
(You would not want to see: Frog, Giraffe, Lion, Dog)

This one:
Tiger, Giraffe, Lion, Owl

Either one of these three:
Frog, Bison, Lion, Ocelot
Frog, Bison, Lion, Armadillo
Frog, Bison, Lion, Cat

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Sent: Tuesday, May 4, 2021 6:57 PM
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Subject: Need Help with SQL

Hi,
I need some help with sql.
My table has 4 fields: A, B, C, D
I need my output to be grouped by A, B, C and a value of D which occurs
maximum number of times (if more than one value occurs same number of
times, any of those values is fine).
So if my records are:
A1, B1, C1, D1
A1, B1, C1, D2
A1, B1, C1, D2
A1, B1, C1, D3
A1, B1, C1, D4
A1, B1, C1, D4
A2, B1, C2, D1
My output should be:
A1, B1, C1, D2 or it can be A1, B1, C1, D4
A2, B1, C2, D1

This would be a one time process on about a million records so performance
is not an issue and it need not be a single sql.

TIA
Vinay