hi... a further test...
the following test tbl/information: dog name char status int _date timestamp id int test data dog name status _date id tom 1 01/20/07 1 tom 2 01/21/07 2 sue 1 01/20/07 3 tom 3 01/22/07 4 sue 2 01/21/07 5 bob 1 01/20/07 6 tom 4 01/23/07 7 sue 3 01/22/07 5 sue 4 01/23/07 5 sue 3 01/24/07 5 if i do a regular group, i can get (for tom) tom 1 01/20/07 1 tom 2 01/21/07 2 tom 3 01/22/07 4 tom 4 01/23/07 7 sue 1 01/20/07 3 sue 2 01/21/07 5 sue 3 01/22/07 5 sue 4 01/23/07 5 sue 3 01/24/07 5 here's the tricky part. if i want to get the row with the status=3, but only if there's not a status=4 that has a later date, how do i accomplish this...?? so, for tom, i would return 'null', and for sue, i'd return '3' for the '01/24/07' the date for the last '3' is later than the date for the last '4'... any thoughts/comments.. thanks -bruce -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]