What do you mean by "the latest val for each userid" I cannot understand how a value of type integer can have a attribute like "latest". Sorry, but I need at least a bit more information. Regards, Christoph > > On Thu, 20 Sep 2001, Haller Christoph wrote: > > > Try > > create NEWtable (userid text, val integer, ts timestamp); > > insert into NEWtable > > select userid, val, max(ts) from table group by userid, val; > > That won't work. That will give me multiple userid-val combinations. Sure, > the userid-val combinations will be unique, but I want unique userids > with only the latest val for each userid. > > /Patrik Kudo > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I have a table which basically looks like this: > > > > > > create table (userid text, val integer, ts timestamp); > > > > > > This table holds multiple values for users, timestamped for history > > > reasons. > > > > > > Now I need to fetch the latest val for each userid to insert into a new > > > table (with about the same schema, except for uniqueness on userid). > > > I belive this should be a trivial task, but I'm experience total lack of > > > insight here... > > > > > > Comments? > > > > > > /Patrik Kudo > > > > > > >
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