On 07 Aug 2001 07:24:59 -0400, Eldon Ziegler wrote:
> I have a table that includes a device ID (indexed) and the name of the
> device with multiple records ordered over time. How can I retrieve the last
> record for each device ID without retrieving them all to find the most
> recent name?
I believe your answer is in using GROUP BY clause together with MAX()
function. Other choise is to have separate tables for all device ID-s
and join them using MERGE table type.
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