How can I get just the first row in a result set AFTER ordering?

Question

This gives me just one row (the first one):

SELECT BLA
FROM BLA
WHERE BLA
AND ROWNUM < 2

However, I want the most recent date val; I can

Answer 1

In 12c, here's the new way:

select bla
  from bla
 where bla
 order by finaldate desc
 fetch first 1 rows only; 

How nice is that!