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<bcliff_at_my-deja.com> wrote in message news:8sfol8$2vr$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com...
> I was wondering if there is a way to use a single query in the following
> scenario:
>
> Table A contains the columns id(PK), fid(FK), status_date, status
>
> Sample data is:
> 1 id_a 20-Mar-2000 s1
> 2 id_a 12-Apr-2000 s2
> 3 id_b 15-Jan-2000 s4
> 4 id_b 31-Jul-2000 s3
> 5 id_b 24-Aug-2000 s9
> 6 id_c 19-May-2000 s6
> 7 id_c 25-Aug-2000 s7
>
> I want to be able to select each column (select *) where fid equals id_a
> or id_c but I only want one row returned for all the instances of id_a
> and one row for all the instances of id_c based upon the most recent
> status_date for the given fid. In this example, I would want rows with
> id = 2 and id = 7 returned. Can anyone tell me the sql statement that
> would produce this result? Thanks for any help you can give me on this.
>
>
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Received on Mon Oct 16 2000 - 17:31:33 CDT