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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-NZ link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Thanks guys<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 found the problem; I should have assigned <b>max(Number)</b> <b>AS Number</b>, as further up in my code it could not find the field "<b>max(Number)</b>", but now with "AS Number" it is all working.<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'>Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>John<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'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0mm 0mm 0mm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> delphi-bounces@listserver.123.net.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces@listserver.123.net.nz] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Bevan Edwards<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, 10 November 2013 8:16 p.m.<br><b>To:</b> NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List; NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [DUG] sql - GROUP<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Hi John,<br><br>How about this, off the top of my head:<br><br>select itemid, name, max(number)<br>from table<br>group by itemid, name<br>order by name, itemid<br><br>Regards,<br><br>Bevan<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 10/11/2013 20:09, John C wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Hi all</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Can anybody help me with the following query?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>I have a table like:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>ItemID Name Number</span></u></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>234 Washer 100</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>234 Washer 120</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>234 Washer 105</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>500 Nut 520</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>500 Nut 502</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>500 Nut 501</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'> </span><o:p></o:p></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.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>My sql is like:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>SELECT *</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>FROM Table</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>GROUP BY ItemID</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>ORDER BY Name, Number</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>What returns is:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>ItemID Name Number</span></u></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>234 Washer 105</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>500 Nut 501</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'> </span><o:p></o:p></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?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Thanks a lot for any help.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>John C</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><pre>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Post: <a href="mailto:delphi@listserver.123.net.nz">delphi@listserver.123.net.nz</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Admin: <a href="http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi">http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Unsubscribe: send an email to <a href="mailto:delphi-request@listserver.123.net.nz">delphi-request@listserver.123.net.nz</a> with Subject: unsubscribe<o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>