G'day Ben,
(MAX(TransNum)) doesn't do it?
At 03:26 PM 17/08/2001 +0100, you wrote:
>I could use some help with a select statement.
>
>Imagine a table like this:
>
>personID, TransNum, TransDate, TransTime and other stuff
>
>This table may contain many entries for any personId, but only the
>one with the most recent TransDate/TransTime is valid. The data
>actually comes from a foreign DB and TransNum is the numerical
>sequence within the data file.
>
>I'd like a select statement that returns personID and TransNum for
>the most recent date/time for each personID for use in a view.
>
>At this point I have:
>
>Sel personID, (max(datetime(TransDate,TransTime))) from
>TableNm group by MemberID
>
>I haven't found a way to return TransNum from the same record that
>qualifies as (max(datetime....))
>
>TIA,
>
>Ben Petersen
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