'cause each record in the main table can have many in the stock table and I only want one result with the most recent cost.
-----Original Message----- From: C. Hatton Humphrey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 November 2007 12:31 To: CF-Community Subject: Re: MSSQL Aggregate Functions Why does this need an aggregate? SELECT TOP 1 m.Title, s.Cost FROM Main m INNER JOIN Stock S ON s.Product_id = m.ProductID WHERE 1=1 (your condition) ORDER BY s.UpdateDate DESC On Nov 19, 2007 7:12 AM, James Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am trying to select the most recent cost price for a product, the simple > solution would seem to be... > > SELECT m.Title, LAST(s.cost) AS Cost > FROM main m > JOIN stock s ON (s.ProductID = m.ProductID) > WHERE some conditions > > However the LAST aggregate function seems not to be supported in MSSQL 2000 > and I don't fancy and upgrade to 2005 just to get this one function. > > Any better ideas anyone? > > -- > Jay > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.0/1137 - Release Date: 18/11/2007 > 17:15 > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion 8 - Build next generation apps today, with easy PDF and Ajax features - download now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:246714 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
