Get the latest date for each record

Question

I have a History table (like a log) that records changes to parts:

TransactionID    Part ID          Description        Last Updated
1                1                   


        

Answer 1

SELECT TransactionID
      ,PartID
      ,[Description]
      ,[Last Updated]
FROM (
    SELECT TransactionID
          ,PartID
          ,[Description]
          ,[Last Updated]
          ,ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY [PartID] ORDER BY [Last Updated] DESC) RN 
    FROM TableName
    )A
WHERE A.RN = 1

Or you can use CTE

;WITH CTE AS
  (
    SELECT TransactionID
          ,PartID
          ,[Description]
          ,[Last Updated]
          ,ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY [PartID] ORDER BY [Last Updated] DESC) RN 
    FROM TableName
  )
SELECT TransactionID
      ,PartID
      ,[Description]
      ,[Last Updated]  
FROM CTE 
WHERE A.RN = 1