Try
create NEWtable (userid text, val integer, ts timestamp);
insert into NEWtable
select userid, val, max(ts) from table group by userid, val;
Regards, Christoph
>
> Hi,
>
> I have a table which basically looks like this:
>
> create table (userid text, val integer, ts timestamp);
>
> This table holds multiple values for users, timestamped for history
> reasons.
>
> Now I need to fetch the latest val for each userid to insert into a new
> table (with about the same schema, except for uniqueness on userid).
> I belive this should be a trivial task, but I'm experience total lack of
> insight here...
>
> Comments?
>
> /Patrik Kudo
>