Re: query issue
From: Guido Konsolke <GK_at_oblivion.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 11:54:27 +0100
Message-ID: <1075286028.798968_at_news.thyssen.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 11:54:27 +0100
Message-ID: <1075286028.798968_at_news.thyssen.com>
"curwen" wrote...
> Hi,
> I'm in deep struggle with query from a huge table:
>
> what I've got is a lot of records like:
>
> _______________
> numb fk1
> _______________
> 1231456 61
> 1231456 62
> 1231456 63
> 1231456 61
>
> from my view I should only get the last record:
> __________
> 123456 61
>
> last has to be intended as inserting order, there's not sorting
defined on data
> the table has also a progressive id generated by a sequence..
>
> I've tried the the following , but doesn't work:
>
> select distinct numb,fk1
> from <table>
>
> can anybody help, please?
> best regards
> jc
Hi jc,
why don't you use the 'progressive id' you mentioned?
Hint for free: MAX().
hth,