sql query to select max value from a coloumn

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table: rawmaterialexpenses

coloumn: rawmaterialcode,expense,id(primary key)

query: how to get expense where rawmaterialcode = 1 and id is maximum

Posted 19-Apr-12 23:14pm

pandya purvang

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Solution 1

Try this:

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SELECT MAX(id), expense FROM rawmaterialexpenses WHERE rawmaterialcode = 1 GROUP BY ID, expense

Posted 19-Apr-12 23:16pm

Prasad_Kulkarni

Updated 19-Apr-12 23:35pm

v3

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Prasad_Kulkarni 20-Apr-12 5:34am

Thank You

Karthik Harve 20-Apr-12 5:31am

@Prasad : your query does not work. You have to use group by clause.

Prasad_Kulkarni 20-Apr-12 5:41am

Oops! I forget. Please see updated answer.

Karthik Harve 20-Apr-12 5:32am

Question is to select the expense where rawmaterialcode = 1 and id is maximum

pandya purvang 20-Apr-12 5:33am

ur query is wrong.
but i got the right one that is : "select expense from rawmaterialexpanses where id=(select max(id) from rawmaterialexpanses where rawmaterialcode=1) "
btw thanks.....

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*Karthik Harve* · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-19T23:20:00

Solution 2

Hi,
Try this query. you can use sub query

SQL

SELECT expense FROM rawmaterialexpenses WHERE rawmaterialcode = 1
AND id = (SELECT MAX(id) FROM rawmaterialexpenses)

Posted 19-Apr-12 23:20pm

Karthik Harve

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P.Salini 20-Apr-12 5:37am

my 5!

Arav Pradeep Gupta · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-19T23:20:00

Solution 3

SQL

select expense from rawmaterialexpenses  where id =(select max(id) from rawmaterialexpenses ) AND rawmaterialcode = 1

Posted 19-Apr-12 23:20pm

Arav Pradeep Gupta

Updated 19-Apr-12 23:44pm

v4

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Karthik Harve 20-Apr-12 5:25am

@Gupta : "MAX" function will return only one value. So no meaning of using "IN" operator on that. Check your answer.

Arav Pradeep Gupta 20-Apr-12 5:45am

Sure I revised the solution.