>I cannot get it into one sql statement but here is a foxpro solution for the Date1 case:
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>set enginebehavior 70
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>select pk, max(Date1) from mytable where Flag=1 group by fk into cursor ctemp
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>update mytable set Flag=0 where NOT pk in (select pk from ctemp)
I was thinking along these lines before, but may be because I was thinking too much or something I thought I can not do this this way. So I just went with SCAN/ENDSCAN solution.
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