Hi Rich, Use the LIMIT 2 and sort the SELECT with ORDER BY family ID DESC
// Jonny > -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- > Från: R.Dobson [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Skickat: den 21 maj 2002 14:57 > Till: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Ämne: returning top two values > > Hi, > I have a table containing data on a number of families. > > I want to retrieve members of each family that have the two highest > scoring values for a column. i.e the max and second max. > Is there a function similar to max() or greatest() that will return the > top 2 values when grouping by family ID? > > I can do this using perl in about three steps but would rather make life > easier for myself if I can. > > Thanks in advance > Rich > > mysql query > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
