Access SQL query: find the row with the most recent date for each distinct entry in a table

Question

All,

I\'m sure this is a pretty simple SQL query question, but I\'m sure there\'s a good way, and a very BAD way, to do this. Left to my own devices, I\'m liable to end

Answer 1

Not sure what platform you're looking to do this on, but in T-SQL you can do the following:

SELECT t.*
FROM (
    SELECT ID, MAX(As_Of) as r1
    FROM myTable
    GROUP BY ID
    ) as dt
INNER JOIN myTable t ON dt.ID = t.ID and dt.r1 = t.As_Of

Good luck!

EDIT: Well my poor answer was bothering me so i've fixed it, even though this answer already exists elsewhere on the page now.