On Monday 25 October 2004 05:20, Mike Rylander wrote: > SELECT * FROM temp50 GROUP BY gc ORDER BY ora DESC;
You can not have have expressions (columns etc.) in the SELECT list that are either not in a GROUP BY clause, or used in an aggregate function when you use GROUP BY in the statement. By saying SELECT *, means you would have to GROUP BY gc, co, data, ora ... That isn't going to do what he wants. And the SQL you stated should give you an error: ERROR: column "temp50.co" must appear in the GROUP BY clause or be used in an aggregate function What he wants to do is use DISTINCT ON: SELECT DISTINCT ON (gc) gc, co, data, ora FROM temp50 ORDER BY gc, ora DESC; Andy ---------------------------(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