>I'm trying to help Dmitry in the 'Can this be done...' thread.
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>It seems like the following SQL statement should do what he wants but it gets the error "Command is missing required clause".
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>select KEYFIELD, CUST_ID as CUSTOMER, ORD_DATE, ORD_TIME ;
>from ORDERTABLE ;
>where KEYFIELD in ;
>(select top 1 KEYFIELD from ORDERTABLE where CUST_ID == CUSTOMER order by ORD_DATE, ORD_TIME descending)
>order by CUSTOMER
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>
>The sub-select works fine by itself.
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>I simplified the statement this way but it still gets the error.
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>select ORDERTABLE.KEYFIELD, ORDERTABLE.CUST_ID as CUSTOMER, ORDERTABLE.ORD_DATE, ORDERTABLE.ORD_TIME ;
>from ORDERTABLE ;
>where KEYFIELD in ;
>(select top 1 ORDERTABLE.KEYFIELD from ORDERTABLE order by ORD_TIME )
>
>
>If I substitute ALL for TOP 1, the error goes away.
>
>Any ideas?
Peter,
The TOP clause must have GROUP BY. Which I added in the subquery but it still gives me an error.
Thank you for your help.
>
>Peter
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