Thanks for the reply, Sorry; I'm using 4.1.11 Thanks again. >>> Pooly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 10/6/05 1:51 AM >>> 2005/10/6, Ed Reed < [EMAIL PROTECTED] >: > I'm trying to group some sub categories with a concatenated result. I'm > trying to get the max sub for each item per month. I think it should be > fairly easy but it is kicking my butt. My data looks like this, > > +--------+--------+------+ > | month | item | sub | > +--------+--------+------+ > | 8 | 5 | NULL | > +--------+--------+------+ > | 8 | 4 | a | > +--------+--------+------+ > | 8 | 6 | NULL | > +--------+--------+------+ > | 8 | 6 | a | > +--------+--------+------+ > | 8 | 5 | a | > +--------+--------+------+ > | 8 | 4 | b | > +--------+--------+------+ > | 9 | 1 | NULL | > +--------+--------+------+ > | 9 | 2 | NULL | > +--------+--------+------+ > | 9 | 1 | a | > +--------+--------+------+ > | 9 | 3 | NULL | > +--------+--------+------+ > | 9 | 2 | a | > +--------+--------+------+ > | 9 | 1 | b | > +--------+--------+------+ > | 9 | 4 | NULL | > +--------+--------+------+ > | 9 | 4 | a | > +--------+--------+------+ > | 9 | 2 | b | > +--------+--------+------+ > | 9 | 1 | c | > +--------+--------+------+ > | 10 | 1 | NULL | > +--------+--------+------+ > | 10 | 1 | a | > +--------+--------+------+ > | 10 | 2 | NULL | > +--------+--------+------+ > > I'm not having a problem getting a concatenated result but I am having > difficulty getting my data grouped correctly. My results should look like > this. > +-----------+ > | MAX Group | > +-----------+ > | 8-4b | > +-----------+ > | 8-5a | > +-----------+ > | 8-6a | > +-----------+ > | 9-1c | > +-----------+ > | 9-2b | > +-----------+ > | 9-3 | > +-----------+ > | 9-4a | > +-----------+ > | 10-1a | > +-----------+ > | 10-2 | > +-----------+ > > > - Thanks in advance >
So, Max group by month/item ? http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/example-maximum-column-group-row.html and for concat : http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/string-functions.html Since we don't know your MySQL version, I can't give you a precise answer. HIMH -- Pooly Webzine Rock : http://www.w-fenec.org/ -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]