Re: Max Record -- MIDRANGE-L

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Thanks Joe...I was sure I had that variation before...maybe I didn't
GROUP it. Thanks for the help!

On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 12:22 PM, Joe Pluta <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Michael Ryan wrote:

I can't seem to get this right. Given data that looks like this:

5,769,550 247746
6,025,776 247746
6,025,777 247746
6,025,778 247746
6,004,452 257503
6,004,457 257503
5,986,723 279287
5,986,724 279287
5,986,725 279287
5,986,042 279369
5,986,049 279369
5,986,052 279369

How can I get the record with the largest first value in SQL? I want this:

6,025,778 247746
6,004,457 257503
5,986,725 279287
5,986,052 279369

Thanks!

If the first column is FIELD1 and the second column is FIELD2:

SELECT MAX(FIELD1), FIELD2 from TABLE group by FIELD2

Joe
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