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TOP N in a GROUP BY ?
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Visual FoxPro
Category:
Databases,Tables, Views, Indexing and SQL syntax
Title:
TOP N in a GROUP BY ?
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9
OS:
Windows 2000 SP4
Network:
Windows 2000 Server
Database:
Visual FoxPro
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Thread ID:
01028182
Message ID:
01028182
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I need to retrieve the top 2 most current rows (using date) for each group (A, B, C). I have created some sample data and the expected results. Anyone got a solution?
CREATE CURSOR temp (pk I autoinc, group c(1), date d, value i)
INSERT INTO temp (group, date, value) values('A', {^2005/01/01}, 1 )
INSERT INTO temp (group, date, value) values('A', {^2005/02/01}, 2 )
INSERT INTO temp (group, date, value) values('A', {^2005/03/01}, 3 )
INSERT INTO temp (group, date, value) values('A', {^2005/04/01}, 4 )
INSERT INTO temp (group, date, value) values('A', {^2005/05/01}, 5 )
INSERT INTO temp (group, date, value) values('A', {^2005/06/01}, 6 )
INSERT INTO temp (group, date, value) values('B', {^2005/01/01}, 1 )
INSERT INTO temp (group, date, value) values('B', {^2005/02/01}, 2 )
INSERT INTO temp (group, date, value) values('B', {^2005/03/01}, 3 )
INSERT INTO temp (group, date, value) values('C', {^2005/04/01}, 4 )
INSERT INTO temp (group, date, value) values('C', {^2005/05/01}, 5 )
INSERT INTO temp (group, date, value) values('C', {^2005/06/01}, 6 )

SELECT group,  date  ;
 FROM temp t1 ;
 WHERE pk IN ;
 (SELECT TOP 2 pk FROM temp t2 ;
    WHERE t2.group = t1.group ;
    ORDER BY date desc) 
*-- Get Queries of this type are not supported    
*-- should get back
group date
A    05/01/2005 
A    06/01/2005
B    02/01/2005
B    03/01/2005
C    05/01/2005
C    06/01/2005
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