Comments on: SQL query – Unique item with latest date of entry http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/sql-query-unique-item-with-latest-date-of-entry/ Fri, 24 May 2013 17:13:17 +0000 hourly 1 By: mafacrofos http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/sql-query-unique-item-with-latest-date-of-entry/#comment-103060 mafacrofos Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:46:06 +0000 #comment-103060 YEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAA

]]> By: frankkulash http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/sql-query-unique-item-with-latest-date-of-entry/#comment-50888 frankkulash Mon, 17 Dec 2007 20:41:15 +0000 #comment-50888 Hi,

This will get all the columns associated with the last date for each itemN:

SELECT	*
FROM	tableName	m
WHERE	date =
	(
	SELECT	MAX (date)
	FROM	tableName
	WHERE	itemN	= m.itemN
	)
ORDER BY	itemN;

If there is a tie for the last date in any itemN, all contenders will be selected.
There may be a more elegant way to do this, using TOP.

]]> By: smurkyis http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/sql-query-unique-item-with-latest-date-of-entry/#comment-50887 smurkyis Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:38:25 +0000 #comment-50887 Denny,
that is really cool and simple logic, but I have to get all of the fields (10 in number) for my final resultant table.

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