On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 1:12 PM, James Walker <jam...@frameforge3d.com> wrote:
> Let's say I have a table INFO with columns PRICE and IDENT, and I want to > find the IDENT of the row with the minimum value of PRICE. In SQLite 3, I > can say > > SELECT MIN(PRICE), IDENT FROM INFO; > > and get what I want. But in SQLite 2 (legacy code), this doesn't work... > I get the minimum value, but NULL in the IDENT column. I could say > > SELECT PRICE, IDENT FROM INFO ORDER BY PRICE; > > and ignore all but the first row of the result, but I'm sure there must be > a better way? > > Well, standard SQL seems to work, but would return multiple lines if multiple rows have the minimal price, but you could use LIMIT 1: SQLite version 3.14.2 2016-09-12 18:50:49 Enter ".help" for usage hints. Connected to a transient in-memory database. Use ".open FILENAME" to reopen on a persistent database. sqlite> create table info(price int, ident text); sqlite> insert into info(price,ident) values(1,'a1'); sqlite> insert into info(price,ident) values(2,'b'); sqlite> insert into info(price,ident) values(3,'c'); sqlite> insert into info(price,ident) values(1,'a'); sqlite> select price, ident from info where price=(select min(price) from info); 1|a1 1|a sqlite> select price, ident from info where price=(select min(price) from info) limit 1; 1|a1 sqlite> In sqlite 2 the same works: SQLite version 2.8.17 Enter ".help" for instructions sqlite> create table info(ident text,price int); sqlite> insert into table(ident, price) values('a',1); SQL error: near "table": syntax error sqlite> insert into info(ident, price) values('a',1); sqlite> insert into info(ident, price) values('a1',1); sqlite> insert into info(ident, price) values('b',2); sqlite> insert into info(ident, price) values('c',3); sqlite> select min(price), ident from info; 1| sqlite> select price, ident from info where price=(select min(price) from info); 1|a 1|a1 sqlite> select price, ident from info where price=(select min(price) from info) limit 1; 1|a sqlite> -- Heisenberg may have been here. Unicode: http://xkcd.com/1726/ Maranatha! <>< John McKown _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users