Re: Tricky SQL Problem

Try this

Select id, max(date)
from TABLE
group by id
order by id;

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Kevin A Lewis (BOCM PAULS LTD - Animal Feed Manufacturer - Ipswich England)

                        <KevinALewis_at_HotMail.com>

The views expressed herein by the author of this document are not necessarily those of BOCM PAULS Ltd. Matt Randle <matt_at_imat.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:925471736.21781.0.nnrp-07.d4e48d0d_at_news.demon.co.uk...
> We have a table that is keyed on a unique ID + a Date Time value. Using
> Oracle SQL is there any way of finding the most recent assignments by ID.
>
> For example, if the table was populated as follows (British dates),
>
> ID Date Time + Additional Columns
>
> 1 1/1/99
> 1 5/3/99
> 1 6/4/99
> 2 4/4/99
> 2 28/5/99
> 3 1/4/99
> 4 27/2/99
> 4 5/5/99
> 4 9/8/99
>
> The result set should be,
>
> ID Date Time + Additional Columns
>
> 1 6/4/99
> 2 28/5/99
> 3 1/4/99
> 4 9/8/99
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Matt.
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Received on Fri Apr 30 1999 - 06:53:04 CDT