Hi mysql-ers, I need help in a basic query:
I have this table: select * from isr2_aud_log where id_secr_rqst IN ('TASK23C6054B9D416C08:1284FD4:103FB047DF1:-7ECF') --and name_rec_type = 'Assignment' order by id_secr_rqst, dt_aud_rec +------------------------------------------------+---------------------+---------------------+ | id_secr_rqst | dt_aud_rec | name_rec_type | +------------------------------------------------+---------------------+---------------------+ | TASK23C6054B9D416C08:1284FD4:103FB047DF1:-7ECF | 2005-05-20 14:30:46 | Submission | | TASK23C6054B9D416C08:1284FD4:103FB047DF1:-7ECF | 2005-05-20 14:30:46 | Exception Requested | | TASK23C6054B9D416C08:1284FD4:103FB047DF1:-7ECF | 2005-05-20 14:30:46 | Exception Resource | | TASK23C6054B9D416C08:1284FD4:103FB047DF1:-7ECF | 2005-05-20 14:33:22 | Director Approval | | TASK23C6054B9D416C08:1284FD4:103FB047DF1:-7ECF | 2005-05-20 14:34:43 | Assignment | | TASK23C6054B9D416C08:1284FD4:103FB047DF1:-7ECF | 2005-05-20 14:35:03 | Risk Assessment | | TASK23C6054B9D416C08:1284FD4:103FB047DF1:-7ECF | 2005-05-20 14:36:03 | Assignment | | TASK23C6054B9D416C08:1284FD4:103FB047DF1:-7ECF | 2005-05-20 14:37:40 | SERB Approval | | TASK23C6054B9D416C08:1284FD4:103FB047DF1:-7ECF | 2005-05-20 14:39:29 | Assignment | +------------------------------------------------+---------------------+---------------------+ and i am using this query: SELECT t1.id_secr_rqst task_id, MAX(t2.dt_aud_rec) AS latest, t1.dt_aud_recAS date1 FROM isr2_aud_log t1, isr2_aud_log t2 WHERE t1.id_secr_rqst = t2.id_secr_rqst AND t1.name_rec_type = 'Assignment' AND t1.id_secr_rqst IN ( 'TASK23C6054B9D416C08:1284FD4:103FB047DF1:-7ECF') GROUP BY t2.id_secr_rqst HAVING date1 = latest What I expected to get is the id_secr_rqst which has the last name_rec_type = 'Assignment' In this case there is only one id_secr_rqst and it has the last name_rec_type as 'Assignment'. But I do not seem to get consistent results. As I am using an older version of mysql I do not have the liberty to use subqueries and will have to do everything using joins only. The problem I am facing is that this query only sometimes returns rows and most of the time I get an empty result set. This table does not have any primary keys. Can somebody please point out what is the mistake I am doing - I think it just needs a tweak here and there (I hope..) Thanks, Anoop -- Thanks and best regards, Anoop