>>>>>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

Why both? One is enough. Group always retains the last record.