T-SQL: Selecting Column Based on MAX(Other Column)

Question

I\'m hoping there\'s a simple way to do this without using a sub-query:

Scenario: You have \"TableA\" with columns \"Key\", \"SubKey\", and \"Value\". I need to ge

Answer 1

In case of multiple keys using a CTE:

WITH CTE AS
(
    SELECT key1, key2, MAX(subkey) AS MaxSubkey
    FROM TableA 
    GROUP BY key1, key2
)
SELECT a.Key1, a.Key2, a.Value
FROM TableA a
    INNER JOIN CTE ON a.key1 = CTE.key1 AND a.key2 = CTE.key2 AND
                      a.subkey = CTE.MaxSubkey