>For each record, I need to retrieve the maximum of 3 columns.
>
>Example:
>ID 1 has column C1= 2, C2=5, C3=1
>ID 2 has column C1=6, C2=3, C3=8
>
>I need maximum of C1,C2,C3:
>ID 1 gives 5
>ID 2 gives 8
>
>Can we do this using SELECT statement?
>Thank you all!

select field1, field2, max(c1, c2, c3) as mymax from table1

HTH,