select max(rating) from singlemalts will give you the highest value
or
select * from singlemalts order by rating desc
will give all the rows ordered by rating and the first row will have the
highest value
Richard Reina wrote:
> I've tried the manual (and the Oreily MySQL book) and played around with
> MAX() and GREATEST() but could not figure it out.
>
>
> |ID |NAME |RATING |
> |213 |McCallen 12 | 9 |
> |214 |Glenmorangie | 8 |
> |225 |Glenlevit | 7 |
>
> How do I select the one with highest rating without knowing what the
> highest rating is.
>
> SELECT ID, NAME, RATING
> FROM SINGLEMALTS
> WHERE RATING ????
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