Re: extra max() function possibly very useful?

2002-03-05 Thread Michael Widenius
Hi! Richard == Richard Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Richard Because that wouldn't give the correct results. Richard I want the top 5 rows for EACH id. Richard A short example would be, Richard mytable: Richard IdValHits Richard 1 a 10 Richard 1 b 15 Richard 1

extra max() function possibly very useful?

2002-03-04 Thread Richard Clarke
Hi, What would the plausability of a function like this being implemented in the future. create table mytable (id int, val char(255), hits int); insert some data... select max(5,hits) from mytable group by id; This would allow selecting of the top 5 rows for each id according to the hit

Re: extra max() function possibly very useful?

2002-03-04 Thread Christopher Thompson
On Monday 04 March 2002 10:50 am, Richard Clarke wrote: create table mytable (id int, val char(255), hits int); insert some data... select max(5,hits) from mytable group by id; This would allow selecting of the top 5 rows for each id according to the hit column. Without this function it

Re: extra max() function possibly very useful?

2002-03-04 Thread Richard Clarke
] To: Richard Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 5:56 PM Subject: Re: extra max() function possibly very useful? On Monday 04 March 2002 10:50 am, Richard Clarke wrote: create table mytable (id int, val char(255), hits int); insert some data... select max(5

Re: extra max() function possibly very useful?

2002-03-04 Thread Richard Clarke
Correct. Richard - Original Message - From: DL Neil [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Richard Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Christopher Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 6:34 PM Subject: Re: extra max() function possibly very useful? LIMIT to be applied

Re: extra max() function possibly very useful?

2002-03-04 Thread DL Neil
[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 04 March 2002 19:09 Subject: Re: extra max() function possibly very useful? Correct. Richard - Original Message - From: DL Neil [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Richard Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Christopher Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL

Fw: extra max() function possibly very useful?

2002-03-04 Thread DL Neil
- From: Richard Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 04 March 2002 19:09 Subject: Re: extra max() function possibly very useful? Correct. Richard - Original Message - From: DL Neil [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Richard Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Christopher