> I'd like to write a query which returns following information regarding > each item: item, date of very first event, very last event. > Is this possible? I think I can write several SELECT queries and > procces them by an application or possibly write some procedure, but > what is better solution?
Something like the below should do it: SELECT item , min_date , min_event , max_date , max_event FROM items JOIN (SELECT min(date) AS min_date , event AS min_event , item FROM events GROUP BY item) AS mn USING (item) JOIN (SELECT max(date) AS max_date , event AS max_event , item FROM events GROUP BY item) AS mx USING (item);
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