Assumed the Item to be compared is always 5 characters.
You may try something like this:
Select Left(LITM, 5), Max(LITM)
From YourTable
Group by Left(LITM, 5)
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Von: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Im Auftrag von
Steve Landess
Gesendet: Thursday, 04.2 2016 02:07
An: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Betreff: Try to figure out how to write a query which will show ONLY the
highest revision number for a given Item number
I have been beating my head on the wall this afternoon, need more brains.
Here is the list I need from the sample data shown below (order doesn't
matter, don't need the items without the dash). i.e., I need a distinct
list of the highest revision number for each item.
ITEM01-RV04
ITEM02-RV04
ITEM03-RV06
SQL to create sample data:
CREATE TABLE
qtemp/temp
(ITM NUMERIC (8 , 0) NOT NULL WITH DEFAULT, LITM CHAR (25 ) NOT NULL WITH
DEFAULT);
Insert into
qtemp/temp (ITM , LITM)
Values
(1 ,'ITEM01 ')
, (2 ,'ITEM01-RV01')
, (3 ,'ITEM01-RV02')
, (5 ,'ITEM01-RV03')
, (6 ,'ITEM01-RV04')
, (7 ,'ITEM02 ')
, (8 ,'ITEM02-RV02')
, (9 ,'ITEM02-RV03')
, (10,'ITEM02-RV04')
, (11,'ITEM03 ')
, (12,'ITEM03-RV05')
, (13,'ITEM03-RV06')
, (14,'ITEM04');
Regards,
Stumped in Austin
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