AW: SQL - select the record with the highest count value within afield

Hallo,

you may try the following:
with a as (select Field1, Max(CountField) as MaxCount
              from MyTable
              group by Field1)
select x.*
from MyTable x join a on x.Field1 = a.Field1

This statement returns:
AAA A12 5
BBB B17 5
BBB B13 5

If you need only on row with BBB with the maximum value of Field2, 
you may use the following statement:
with a as (select Field1, Max(CountField) as MaxCount
              from MyTable
              group by Field1)
     b as (Select Field1, Maxcount, Max(Field2) as MaxField2
              from a join MyTable x
                on a.Field1 = x.Field1 and a.CountField = MaxCount
              group by Field1, MaxCount)
select y.*
from MyTable y join b 
     on y.Field1 = b.Field1 and Field2 = MaxField2 and CountField = MaxCount

This statement should return:
AAA A12 5
BBB B17 5

I did not try it out, because I have no access to an iSeries.

Mit freundlichen Gru?en / Best regards

Birgitta Hauser

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Gesendet: Friday, September 22, 2006 21:37
An: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Betreff: RE: SQL - select the record with the highest count value within
afield


Yes SQL.  

Your sql statement will select all records.  I need only the first
highest countfield value record within FIELD1.  


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Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 2:29 PM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Re: SQL - select the record with the highest count value within
afield

Using SQL????


Select field1, field2, countfield,
into  :field1, :field2, :countfield
from FILE
Order by countfield descend, field1

I hope that's what you was asking for.


Michael Schutte
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rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 09/22/2006 03:24:45 PM:

is there a way to select the first record with the highest count value

within a field?

Example:
Data:
FIELD1   FIELD2    COUNTFIELD
AAA      A12       5
AAA      A13       2
AAA      A14       1
BBB      B17       5
BBB      B13       5
BBB      B15       1

Result needed (Assuming FIELD1 is the field where the highest 
COUNTFIELD need to select from)
FIELD1   FIELD2    COUNTFIELD
AAA      A12       5
BBB      B17       5

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