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Hi John,<br>
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How about this, off the top of my head:<br>
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select itemid, name, max(number)<br>
from table<br>
group by itemid, name<br>
order by name, itemid<br>
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Regards,<br>
<br>
Bevan<br>
<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/11/2013 20:09, John C wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">Hi
all<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">Can
anybody help me with the following query?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">I
have a table like:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">ItemID
Name Number<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">234
Washer 100<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">234
Washer 120<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">234
Washer 105<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">500
Nut 520<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">500
Nut 502<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">500
Nut 501<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">What
I would like to see is a for each ItemID the highest Number
sorted by Name.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">My
sql is like:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">SELECT
*<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">FROM
Table<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">GROUP
BY ItemID<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">ORDER
BY Name, Number<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">What
returns is:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">ItemID
Name Number<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">234
Washer 105<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">500
Nut 501<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">It
seems to return the last record for each item. How can I get
the highest number for each Item?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">Thanks
a lot for any help.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">John
C<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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