Select the row with the highest value

Hi. I want to select the row (just one) with the highest value of a given column. I mean, if i have the columns "data" and "date", i need to get the value of "data" where "date" is the most recent (the highest value of this field).

I've tried several ways but they don't work:

"select max(date) from table" -> this selects the newest date, but i want to
get the value of "data", and if i put
"select data,max(date) from table" it doesn't work
"select data from table where rownum=1 order by date desc" -> returns a bad
value, not the last

 thanks Received on Sun Jan 20 2002 - 07:48:21 CST