Top n records per group sql in access

Question

I am making some software that tracks the scores of a test. There are multiple users, the details of which are stored in a user table. There is then a progress table which t

Answer 1

I had a similar problem a year ago: Top 3 per group including 0

Using the same approach, this will return the latest three dates for each LoginID - you may get more than three records if there are tied dates for the same LoginID.

SELECT  PR1.LogInID, PR1.Score, PR1.[Date Taken]
FROM    Progress AS PR1
WHERE   PR1.[Date Taken] IN (
                        SELECT TOP 3 PR2.[Date Taken]
                        FROM    Progress PR2
                        WHERE   PR2.LoginID = PR1.LoginID
                        ORDER BY PR2.[Date Taken] DESC
                        )
ORDER BY    LoginID, [Date Taken]

Answer 2

I used the above code and it worked perfectly fine. But I really want the 3 rows irrespective of the score, so I tried to add another ranking for example Math score. If the Score is same 3 times, it must select one with max math score. I used the code as shown below but it returns the same results. Can you please help me rectify the mistake.

  SELECT  PR1.LogInID, PR1.Score, PR1.[Date Taken]
  FROM    Progress AS PR1
  WHERE   PR1.[Date Taken] IN (
          SELECT TOP 3 PR2.[Date Taken]
          FROM    Progress PR2
          WHERE   PR2.LoginID = PR1.LoginID AND PR2.Math_Score IN(
                    SELECT TOP 1 PR3.Math_Score
                    FROM    Progress PR3
                    WHERE   PR3.[Date Taken] = PR2.[Date Taken] 
                    ORDER BY PR3.Math_Score DESC)
                    
          ORDER BY PR2.[Date Taken] DESC
                    )
ORDER BY    LoginID, [Date Taken], Math_Score