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Is MAX() in GROUP BY reports wrong?
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Microsoft SQL Server
Category:
SQL syntax
Title:
Is MAX() in GROUP BY reports wrong?
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SQL Server:
SQL Server 2005
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Thread ID:
01521113
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01521113
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Hi,

Several of my reports use MAX(CHAR_FIELD) AS CHAR_FIELD when using GROUP BY clause. This, of course, to make sure that the GROUP BY does not "break" the report. My question is, is it wrong to have many MAX() for this purpose? Should I change the reports such as to minimize using MAX() around char type fields?

TIA.
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