[SQL] Aggregates not allowed in WHERE clause?

[Joachim Trinkwitz]

Hi all,

I have a table (lv) with a field "semester" and I'm trying to fish out all
rows which have a value corresponding to a max() value of another
table's (lf_sem) "semester" field. The intention is to keep a value
with the current term in lf_sem so I can get all rows which concern
this term.

Example tables:

lv
==
semester | kvvnr
---------+------
2001ss   | 4185
2001ss   | 4203
2002ws   | 4163
2002ws   | 4190

lf_sem
======
semester
--------
2001ws
2002ss
2002ws

At first I tried this query:

  SELECT kvvnr
  FROM lv, lf_sem
  WHERE lv.semester = max(lf_sem.semester);

This yields the message: 'Aggregates not allowed in WHERE clause'.

Next I tried this one:

  SELECT kvvnr, max(lf_sem.semester) AS akt_semester
  FROM lv, lf_sem
  WHERE lv.semester = akt_semester;

Now I got: 'Attribute 'akt_semester' not found'

Is there another way to get what I want?

Clueless,
joachim

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