Re: [SQL] Help retrieving lastest record

2001-02-16 Thread Andrew Perrin
How 'bout these: fgdata=# select * from fruit order by dt desc limit 1; number | fruit | dt +-+ 20 | Oranges | 2000-06-07 00:00:00-05 (1 row) fgdata=# select * from fruit where fruit='Apples' order by dt desc limit 1; number |

Re: [SQL] Help retrieving lastest record

2001-02-16 Thread Alex Pilosov
Get an SQL book. select * from basket where date=(select max(date) where fruit='Apples) and fruit='Apples'; On Thu, 15 Feb 2001, Steve Meynell wrote: > Ok what I am trying to do is select out of the database the latest > record meeting a certain criteria. > > Example: > > Number

[SQL] Help retrieving lastest record

2001-02-16 Thread Steve Meynell
Ok what I am trying to do is select out of the database the latest record meeting a certain criteria. Example: Number |    Fruit | Date 15    Apples  July 20, 1999 20    Oranges    June 7, 2000 13