>Sorry Antonio
>
>I updated the message to say can I have the max for each member_ref
>
>
>>Can
>>
>>ORDER BY total DESC
>>
>>do the trick?
>>
>>>Hi
>>>
>>>I have
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>select sum(amount) as [total],
>>> member_ref,
>>> description
>>>from payments
>>>where description like '%Test%'
>>>group by member_ref,description
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>how can I select out only the maximum sum amount.
>>>
>>>Thanks
>>>
>>>Nick
I'm missing something here, if you select the sum(amount) for each member_ref grouped by member_ref, then isn't the sum of the total for each member_ref, therefore, the max?