hi there, hi have a table called forum, and i've got this query: this query select the messages and the number of replies to the message individualy. i'm trying to select the last post of each set of replies, like we see in the foruns. does anyone can help me best regards, etur
SELECT id, subject, to_char(post_time, 'YYYY.MM.DD @ HH24:MI:SS'::text) AS post_time, content, login, messages.parent_id, replies.answered FROM ( SELECT f.id, f.subject, f.post_time, f.content, u.login, f.parent_id FROM forum f, system_users u WHERE f.parent_id IS NULL AND f.user_id = u.id) messages LEFT JOIN ( SELECT forum.parent_id, count(forum.id) AS answered FROM forum GROUP BY forum.parent_id) replies ON messages.id = replies.parent_id; ---------------------------(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