>Hi
>SQL troubles:
>I have a table containing 4 columns: "name" - string, "distance"-
>double,
>"speed" - time and "id" - AUTO_INCREMENT (Primery key)
>I want a list of the fastest (speed) runner (name) of each distance and
>the
>speed.
>I use:
>select name, distance, min(speed) from table1 group by distance;
>I get a list where the speed and the distyance are always correct but
>the
>name is not always.
>Why is that?
>What should I do?
>
>Thanks,
>
>// Chris - Copenhagen
Sir, try
SELECT t1.name, t1. distance, Min(t1.speed)
FROM table1 t1, table1 t2
WHERE p1.name = p2.name
GROUP BY t1.distance
HAVING Min(t1.speed) = Min(t2.speed);
I haven't run this, but I think it's correct.
Bob Hall
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