G'day Ben,
Is it possible, for one person, to have a higher tran no with an earlier date
than a later date with an earlier tran no?
At 04:57 PM 17/08/2001 +0100, you wrote:
>On 18 Aug 2001, at 9:03, Tom Grimshaw wrote:
>
> > G'day Ben,
> >
> > (MAX(TransNum)) doesn't do it?
> >
>
>Nope.
>
>Imagine the following:
>
>personID TransNum, TransDate
>100 1 1/10/2001
>100 2 1/1/2001
>200 3 3/1/2001
>100 4 1/5/2001
>
>Sel personID, (max(TransNum)),
>(max(datetime(TransDate,TransTime))) from
>TableNm group by MemberID
>
>for ID 100 this returns 100, 4, 1/10/2001
>
>when what I want is
>100, _1_, 1/10/2001
>
>Actually, I don't really need the date returned, just the id and
>transnum.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Ben
>
>
> > 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
> >
> > Warmest regards,
> >
> >
> > Tom Grimshaw
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Warmest regards,
Tom Grimshaw
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