Re: Subquery to select max(date) value

From: Ken Tanzer <ken(dot)tanzer(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Rich Shepard <rshepard(at)appl-ecosys(dot)com>, "pgsql-generallists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Subquery to select max(date) value
Date: 2019-03-28 23:09:21
Message-ID: CAD3a31WRASiBjSnHuz=CObtbkz7-M7yUC6yDsDieusFqVS_m_w@mail.gmail.com
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On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 4:07 PM David G. Johnston <
david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 4:05 PM Ken Tanzer <ken(dot)tanzer(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
>>
>> (And I don't think the one inside the lateral join is doing you any
>>> good). Try:
>>>
>>
>> ...
>> a.next_contact is not null
>> limit 1) sq
>> order by sq.next_contact DESC;
>>
>>
> The fact that the subquery has a LIMT 1 clause leads me to assume the
> ORDER BY there is quite necessary.
>
> David J.
>

Have to agree with you there. Sorry for the brain fart!

Ken

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