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mark00189

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October 21, 2003 at 4:07 pm

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HI there have 2 tbls
dept (deptno(pk), dname(varcahr), loc(varchar)
emp(empno(pk), deptno(fk), sal, job, ename)
for each loc.. need to display emploname, his job & who has the highest sal.
I can do by deptno, but not by loc pl shelp!
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select deptno, ename, job, sal
from emp
where (deptno, sal) IN
(select deptno, max(sal) from emp group by deptno)
DEPTNO ENAME JOB SAL
---------- ---------- --------- ----------
10 KING PRESIDENT 5000
20 FORD ANALYST 3000
20 SCOTT ANALYST 3000
30 BLAKE MANAGER 2850

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Johan Bijnens SSC Guru Points: 135369 More actions · Answer 1

how about this :

select e.deptno, e.ename, e.job, M.MaxSal

from emp e

inner join

(select deptno, max(sal) as MaxSal from emp group by deptno) M

on e.deptno = M.deptno

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noeld SSC Guru Points: 96590 More actions · Answer 2

quote:
how about this :
select e.deptno, e.ename, e.job, M.MaxSal
from emp e
inner join
(select deptno, max(sal) as MaxSal from emp group by deptno) M
on e.deptno = M.deptno

I would change that to: