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Group by with an order field
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15/09/2010 12:51:51
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Forum:
Microsoft SQL Server
Category:
SQL syntax
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SQL Server:
SQL Server 2008
Application:
Web
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Thread ID:
01481294
Message ID:
01481297
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This message has been marked as the solution to the initial question of the thread.
>The following SQL allows me to group by RO_No and collect a date time field with it:
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>SELECT Event.RO_No,max(Event.DateTime) as LastDateTime FROM Event GROUP BY Event.RO_No
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>However, I need to adjust that so the group by will only applies to the first 10 records of an order to Event.DateTime. Basically, if I wouldn't have a group by, the SQL would be this:
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>SELECT TOP 10 Event.RO_No,Event.DateTime FROM Event ORDER by Event.DateTime
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>But, on that result, I need to only get the unique occurence of Event.RO_No.

If I understood your question correctly you can do ORDER BY MAX(Event.DateTime) from the first select (and adding the top 10 to it)
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