Assuming that the lastest ID is the same as the current name - maybe something
like :
select * from sometab t1
where id=(
select max(id) from sometab t2 where t1.code=t2.code
)
On Thursday 13 July 2006 10:16, Helen M Hudson wrote:
> If I have a table
> primary key id | code| name
> 1 | ABC | company 1 name
> 2 | ABC | company 1 name
> 3 | ABC | new company 1 name
> 4 | ABC | new company 1 name
> 5 | DEF| company 2 name
> 6 | DEF| company 2 name
> 7 | DEF| new company 2 name
> 8 | DEF| new company 2 name
>
> (the company is changing name every now and then and i need to extract
> their "latest" name)
>
> how can i get back
> 4 | ABC | new company 1 name
> 8 | DEF| new company 2 name
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Mike Aubury
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