I've tested this on two versions of phpMyAdmin including 3.3.7 and 3.4.8 and using both MyISAM and INNODB engines.
SELECT DISTINCT(column) FROM table; returns the wrong count.
If I add the LIMIT exactly like it shows in the result the correct count is returned.
SELECT DISTINCT(column) FROM table LIMIT 0,30;
This bug was fixed in repository and will be part of a future release; thanks for reporting.
@lem9 - I apologize for not posting back to this bug report, but i've posted a patch to this issue at https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=23067&atid=377410
Thanks for looking at this.
- aaronott
This bug was fixed in repository and will be part of a future release; thanks for reporting.