[DUG] sql - GROUP

Pieter De Wit pieter at insync.za.net
Sun Nov 10 20:16:38 NZDT 2013


Hi,

Try:

select * from table group by itemID order by name,Number DESC

Cheers,

Pieter

On 10/11/2013 20:09, John C wrote:
>
> Hi all
>
> Can anybody help me with the following query?
>
> I have a table like:
>
> *_ItemID             Name              Number_*
>
> 234 Washer            100
>
> 234 Washer            120
>
> 234 Washer            105
>
> 500 Nut                  520
>
> 500 Nut                  502
>
> 500 Nut                  501
>
> What I would like to see is a for each ItemID the highest Number 
> sorted by Name.
>
> My sql is like:
>
> *SELECT **
>
> *FROM Table*
>
> *GROUP BY ItemID*
>
> *ORDER BY Name, Number*
>
> What returns is:
>
> *_ItemID             Name              Number_*
>
> 234             Washer            105
>
> 500 Nut                  501
>
> It seems to return the last record for each item. How can I get the 
> highest number for each Item?
>
> Thanks a lot for any help.
>
> John C
>
>
>
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