RE: Need help with SQL query

["John Candidi" <jacandidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Record with the largest salary.  If there are multiple, then the record with
the largest salary and the largest age (one record).

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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alan Shore
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 4:07 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Need help with SQL query

John - What do you want to see if the data includes these 2 records

> Fname  lname   age       salary
>
> ----------  ---------   ----        --------
>
> John     Smith    12         220000
> John     Smith    90         12



Alan Shore

NBTY, Inc
(631) 244-2000 ext. 5019
AShore@xxxxxxxx
midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 12/06/2006 04:00:17 PM:

> I am trying to figure out a query that needs to display rows of grouped
data
> based on max values of two columns.
>
>
>
> Here is an example.
>
>
>
> Fname  lname   age       salary
>
> ----------  ---------   ----        --------
>
> John     Smith    39         20000
>
> John     Smith    38         20000
>
> John     Smith    40         15000
>
> Adam    Apple    20         25000
>
> Adam    Apple    21         25000
>
> Adam    Apple    19         18000
>
>
>
> I need to return one line from each group (one john smith and one Adam
> Apple) based on highest salary and age.  For john Smith, highest Salary
is
> 20000 and then highest age is 39, so the row returned would be John Smith
39
> 20000.  For Adam Apple it would be Adam Apple 21 25000.
>
>
>
> I can get it narrowed down to rows grouped with highest salary, but then
I
> can not think how to get it to narrow it down another level and only
display
> the one with the larger age number after that.
>
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>
>
>
> John A Candidi
>
> Rutgers Insurance Companies
>
> IT Director - Iseries Manager
>
> 856-779-2274
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