>>Hi,
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>>I am creating a SQL Select that will select ONE record based on two fields. The two fields are DATE_FLD and ORDER_NO field. There could be more than one records with the same DATE_FLD value (e.g. "01/01/2023) but the ORDER_NO will be different for each record. I need to select a record with the largest value in the ORDER_NO field.
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>>Here is my test:
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>>select TOP 1 CONVERT(VARCHAR(10),DATE_FLD,101) + STR(ORDER_NO), FIELD2, FIELD3 from MyTable order by DATE_FLD, ORDER_NO DESC
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>>Will the above give me what I am looking for?
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>That's overkill. Use:
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>SELECT DATE_FLD, MAX(ORDER_NO) FROM MyTable GROUP BY DATE_FLD
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>Tamar
Thank you!
Follow up question: If I add a JOIN clause to the above and the JOIN does not find a record, will the resulting Query have 0 records?
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