Thanks. Duh. I knew it had to be easier than I was making it. I got it working with an inner join on a subquery, but did not think it was the easiest solution.
Thanks, Jerry Johnson On 7/18/05, James Holmes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think this would work in Oracle at least and probably in a lot of > other DMBS (probably not MySQL) - note this is untested. > > SELECT * > FROM MyTable T > WHERE SEQUENCENUMBER = ( > Select MAX (SEQUENCENUMBER) > FROM MyTable > WHERE ITEMID = T.ITEMID > ) > > On 7/18/05, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Can someone point me to a tutorial/manual that will help me get the > > following? I've done it before, but cannot for the life of me remember > > the _right_ way to do this in one query. > > > > table has recID (unique), itemID (not unique) and sequence number. > > > > How do I write a select to only return records with the max sequence > > number for each itemID? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:212116 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
