Re: SQL query challenge!

Hi Bill,

Try the following

SELECT ZIP, RTE, HOUSES FROM ZIPCODE WHERE HOUSES = (SELECT MAX(HOUSES) FROM ZIPCODE ZIPCODE2 WHERE ZIPCODE.RTE=ZIPCODE2.RTE GROUP BY RTE) regards

Pramod

bballdestroyer_at_yahoo.com (Ken) wrote in message news:<179c0f9.0208231011.3117155a_at_posting.google.com>...
> Hello all - this seems to be an easy problem - but I'm stumped. What I
> need is a *single* SQL statement/query that can give me the zip code
> that corresponds to the greatest # of houses for each route.
> Here's an example:
> ZIP RTE #HOUSES
> 101 1 100
> 102 1 200
> 103 1 175
>
> 104 2 200
> 105 2 675
> 106 2 700
>
> etc....
> The query would return:
> ZIP RTE #HOUSES
> 102 1 200
> 106 2 700
>
> etc......
>
> Can anyone figure this out? I would be love to see a solution!
> Thanks,
> Bill
Received on Sat Aug 24 2002 - 07:49:34 CEST