On Thu, Dec 4, 2025 at 2:55 PM Rich Shepard <[email protected]> wrote:
> I want the script to extract only the maximum `next_contact' date and > haven't learned how to do this from my reading of web sites. > > The script: > > select p.person_nbr, p.company_nbr, c.next_contact > from people as p, contacts as c > where c.next_contact >= '2025-11-01' > group by p.person_nbr, p.company_nbr, c.next_contact > order by p.person_nbr, p.company_nbr, max(c.next_contact); > > returns all contacts rather than only the latest one. > > Is using a sub-select the proper way? > May not be the only way, but it's how I do it: SELECT * FROM foo WHERE some_dt = (SELECT MAX(some_dt) FROM foo); It might return more than one row... -- Death to <Redacted>, and butter sauce. Don't boil me, I'm still alive. <Redacted> lobster!
