Gunther Schadow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > A very frequent decision support query we have to make is to get the > last act of a certain type that occurred before a certain cut-off > date.
This seems pretty close to the type of problem DISTINCT ON is intended to solve. Look at the "weather report" example in the SELECT reference page. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly