>>>>Can anyone tell me if the following can be done in a one line select statement. I cannot seem to get the results I require.
>>>>
>>>>I have one table with the following fields: Customer, Date, Price. I am simply trying to get the last price quoted to the customer.
>>>>
>>>>CustA, 01/01/01, 100
>>>>CustA, 01/01/97, 111
>>>>CustB, 02/02/96, 200
>>>>CustB, 02/02/02., 222
>>>>
>>>>I want my result to be:
>>>>
>>>>CustA, 01/01/97, 111
>>>>CustB, 02/02/96, 200
>>>>
>>>>If I use SELECT * FROM myTable ORDER BY Date DESC GROUP BY Customer
>>>>I get ...
>>>>CustA, 01/01/01, 100
>>>>CustB, 02/02/01, 222
>>>>
>>>>Again, I am looking for the last price quoted only.
>>>>
>>>>Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>>>
>>>>-Isaac Roda
>>>
>>>Sorry, it's two lines:
>>>select * from table1 into cursor tmp1 order by customer,date
>>>select * from tmp1 group by customer
>>
>>Ed:
>>
>>If the data field was a Date-Time field, do you think the following would work:
>>
>>Select Customer, max(Date), Price from Table1
>>
>Surely not, because it must be grouped. BTW, I have tested my answer, and I always do this before posting something here.
I note that Ed Pikman's reply did NOT use the "DESC" in the SELECT. Isaac, try it both ways.
Barbara