Okay, I tried that.....but I keep getting an error -
"ORA-00979: not a GROUP BY expression"
Why isn't it a GROUP BY expression?
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"jAnO!" <j.j.groot_at_kpn.com> wrote in message
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> mAd hAcker <madhackerboy_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > Okay, I've tried about everything....I've taken everyone's advice
(albeit
> > conflicting) one at a time, and still to no avail.
> > I am trying to retrieve the top values (determined by actual_points)
> > from a table (catch_entries) for each individual player.
> > ie: bill's top score, mike's top score, jim's top score, etc.
> > Here is the most recent form of my select statement, which returns
only
> > one value - the highest actual_point value overall.
> >
> > What do I need to do to make it return the highest actual_points
value
> > per user?????
>
> Use the group by clause in combinatuion with maxvalue..
> very simple example:
>
> select player_name, MAX(score)
> from t_scores
> where ....blabla
> group by player_name;
>
> greetz
>
> jan
>
>
Received on Thu Jul 06 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT
