SQL SELECT WHERE Trouble any ideas helpful
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23-08-2019 - |
Question
I have two tables parent and child (related as such on PK/FK GUID)
Child has a Timestamp (the record creation date/time).
What I want to do is get only the most recent child record AND the parent record, FOR EACH parent record.
SELECT
dbo_Parents.ParentName,
dbo_ChildEntry.CountPropertys,
dbo_ChildEntry.DateTimeStamp
FROM
dbo_Parents INNER JOIN dbo_ChildEntry
ON
dbo_Parents.ParentID = dbo_ChildEntry.ParentID
WHERE
([WHAT SHOULD BE HERE?]))
Solution
Assuming that you want the most recent entry, you have to use TOP 1 and order by.
SELECT TOP 1
dbo_Parents.ParentName,
dbo_ChildEntry.CountPropertys,
dbo_ChildEntry.DateTimeStamp
FROM dbo_Parents
INNER JOIN dbo_ChildEntry ON dbo_Parents.ParentID = dbo_ChildEntry.ParentID
ORDER BY dbo_ChildEntry.DateTimeStamp desc
Edit after clarification: "the most recent child record AND the parent record, FOR EACH parent record":
WHERE dbo_ChildEntry.DateTimeStamp =
( Select Max( dbo_ChildEntry.DateTimeStamp )
from dbo_ChildEntry
where dbo_Parents.ParentID = dbo_ChildEntry.ParentId )
OTHER TIPS
WHERE dbo.ChildEntry.DateTimeStamp = ( Select Max( c.DateTimeStamp )
from dbo.ChildEntry c
where dbo_Parents.ParentID = c.ParentId )
select p.ParentName,
c.CountPropertys,
c.DateTimeStamp
from (
select max(DateTimeStamp) as DateTimeStamp, ParentID
from dbo_ChildEntry
group by ParentID) cm
inner join dbo_ChildEntry c on cm.DateTimeStamp = c.DateTimeStamp and cm.ParentID = c.ParentID
inner join dbo_Parents p on c.ParentID = p.ParentID
Since you clarified you'd like one row per parent, try this. For every row, it searches for a child row that has a later timestamp. In the WHERE clause, it filters on rows that do not have a "next" child.
SELECT
dbo_Parents.ParentName,
cur.CountPropertys,
cur.DateTimeStamp
FROM dbo_Parents
INNER JOIN dbo_ChildEntry cur
ON dbo_Parents.ParentID = cur.ParentID
LEFT JOIN dbo_ChildEntry next
ON dbo_Parents.ParentID = next.ParentID
AND next.DateTimeStamp > cur.DateTimeStamp
WHERE
next.DateTimeStamp is null
Try
SELECT dbo_Parents.ParentName, dbo_ChildEntry.CountPropertys,
max(dbo_ChildEntry.DateTimeStamp)
FROM dbo_Parents
INNER JOIN dbo_ChildEntry ON dbo_Parents.ParentID = dbo_ChildEntry.ParentID
group by dbo_Parents.ParentName, dbo_ChildEntry.CountPropertys
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