perhaps you are looking for something like select entry,timestamp from table A where A.timestamp=(select max(B.timestamp) from table B where a.entry=b.entry);
also this oage may be helpful: http://www.artfulsoftware.com/infotree/queries.php re, wh Am 30.11.2012 02:39, schrieb h...@tbbs.net: >>>>> 2012/11/29 11:46 +0530, Trimurthy >>>> > i have a table which contains the columns > date,sname,age,item,quantity,units.my question is i want to retrieve all > the values from the table where date=maxdate group by sname how can i get > those values. > <<<<<<<< > A question, I suspect, found in all SQL courses.... > > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql