Re: question using aggregate function

"Mia" <nospam_at_cox.net> wrote in message news:WC9ni.3$fK1.2_at_newsfe12.phx...
> I'm having trouble with a query concept.
>
> I know that:
>
> select max(order_date) from orders;
>
> will return the date of the newest order, and that:
>
> select supplier_id, max(order_date) from orders group by supplier_id;
>
> returns the newest order date from each supplier. But I'm trying to
> write a query that would return only the supplier_id of the most
> recently placed order. How would I do that? I thought maybe:
>
> select supplier_id, max(order_date) from orders group by supplier_id
> having max(order_date) = order_date;
>
> but it complains that order_date isn't a group by expression in the
> having clause.
>
> Any ideas how to do this?
>
> -Mia

select supplier_id, order_date
from orders
where order_date =

         (select max (order_date) from orders) Received on Wed Jul 18 2007 - 00:03:21 CDT