From: Ragnar Hafstað <gnari@simnet.is>
To: Lindsay <hellolindsay@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: ids from grouped rows
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 14:50:12 +0000
Message-ID: <1121871013.17734.9.camel@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <e1f838770507200546208a47fc@mail.gmail.com>
References: <e1f838770507200546208a47fc@mail.gmail.com>
On Wed, 2005-07-20 at 08:46 -0400, Lindsay wrote:
> SELECT name, MAX(age), id_for_row_with_max_age
> FROM Person
> GROUP BY name
how about:
select distinct on (name) name, age, id
from person
order by name, age desc;
gnari
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