Getting the last record in SQL in WHERE condition

Question

i have loanTable that contain two field loan_id and status

loan_id status
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1       0
2       9
1       6
         


        

Answer 1

Does your table happen to have a primary id or a timestamp? If not then what you want is not really possible.

If yes then:

    SELECT TOP 1 status
    FROM loanTable
    WHERE loan_id = 1
    ORDER BY primaryId DESC
    -- or
    -- ORDER BY yourTimestamp DESC