Re: SQL Question

[Jeff Young <jyoung0950@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks to all.
I had forgotten about the Fetch first 1 rows only.
This works fine now.


On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 10:35 AM, Matt Olson <Matt.Olson@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Select * from tablename where company=1 and item='myitem' and code='abc'
> Order by date desc, time desc
> Fetch first 1 rows only;
>
> This will give you the most recent row from the table for the given
> company/item/code.
>
> Matt
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Young [mailto:jyoung0950@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, May 07, 2012 9:20 AM
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> Subject: SQL Question
>
> I have a file with the following fields:
> Company  2 0
> Item       30A
> Code          4A
> Old Value  10A
> New Value 10A
> Date           8 0
> Time          6 0
>
> There can be many records for each code for each item within a date.
> I need to get the most recent record for a given company/item/code.
>
> How would I do this in SQL?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
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> Jeff Young
> Sr. Programmer Analyst
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