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L. Tseng wrote:
>
> Hi, SQL experts,
>
> Your help on the following qestion will be much appreciated.
> For example:
>
> TableA contains:
>
> EmpID GroupID CrDate
> 22 4 1/20/98
> 24 3 1/19/98
> 25 4 1/18/98
> 25 6 1/17/98
> 24 5 1/16/98
> 22 3 1/15/98
>
> how do I get a query output like the following with pure SQL code:
> (Group by EmpID and order by the lastest crdate first within each EmpID)
>
> EmpID GroupID CrDate
> 22 4 1/20/98
> 22 3 1/15/98
> 24 3 1/19/98
> 24 5 1/16/98
> 25 4 1/18/98
> 25 6 1/17/98
I believe what you're looking for is:
select EmpId, GroupId, CrDate
from TableA
order by EmpId, CrDate desc
John Carlson
Informix DBA
WH Smith, Inc.
Received on Wed Jan 21 1998 - 00:00:00 CST