Hello.
I'm not sure about the speed of this query, but it seems to work: mysql> source g.sql +-------+-------+--------+ | id | price | vendor | +-------+-------+--------+ | OG012 | 20 | b | | OG013 | 40 | c | +-------+-------+--------+ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mysql-debug-5.0.10-beta-linux-i686]$ cat g.sql SELECT p4.id ,p4.price ,p4.vendor FROM ( SELECT p3.id ,p3.price ,p3.vendor ,MIN( p3.rating) FROM ( SELECT p1.id ,p1.price ,p1.vendor ,q1.rating FROM p p1 INNER JOIN q q1 ON p1.vendor = q1.vendor WHERE p1.price = ( SELECT MIN(p2.price) FROM p p2 WHERE p2.id = p1.id ) ) AS p3 GROUP BY p3.id, p3.price ) AS p4 ; See: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/example-maximum-column-group-row.html Joe Culler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello there, > > first of all, my english isn't good, hope you understand what I mean. > > I have a table name "p" like that: > > mysql> select * from p; > +-------+-------+--------+ > | id | price | vendor | > +-------+-------+--------+ > | OG012 | 40 | a | > | OG012 | 20 | b | > | OG012 | 20 | c | > | OG013 | 40 | c | > +-------+-------+--------+ > > and I have another table name q: > mysql> select * from q; > +--------+--------+ > | vendor | rating | > +--------+--------+ > | a | 1 | > | b | 2 | > | c | 3 | > +--------+--------+ > > My question is how do I find the minimal price for each id and vendor > rating is highest. > I wish my result is: > > +-------+-------+--------+ > | id | price | vendor | > +-------+-------+--------+ > | OG012 | 20 | b | > | OG013 | 40 | c | > +-------+-------+--------+ > > Since vender b and c are the same price for id(OG012), but vendor b has=20 > minimal rating then vendor c. > > Many thanks, > Joe. > -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita This email is sponsored by Ensita.NET http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Gleb Paharenko / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.NET <___/ www.mysql.com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]