Finding the latest record in a month

  • Hi all I really need some help.

    Table is as follows:

    ValueID GroupID ValueDate Amount

    1 1 2008/05/19 100

    2 1 2008/05/05 20

    3 1 2008/04/03 30

    4 2 2007/04/20 50

    ------------------------------------------------

    I need to find the latest value per month per Group.

    I can determine the latest value per group by using Max(ValueDate). Is it possible to identify the latest value per month per group?

    For example a query for the table above should return ValueID 1 & 3

    1 holds the latest amount for month of May.

    3 holds the latest amount for April.

    Any ideas on how to accomplish this would be greatly appreciated!

  • One alternative using CROSS APPLY might look something like:

    select distinct

    GroupID,

    b.valueId,

    b.valueDate,

    b.amount

    from theTable a

    cross apply

    ( select top 1

    ValueId,

    ValueDate,

    Amount

    from theTable b

    order by valueDate desc,

    valueId desc

    ) b

    There can also be done using the ROW_NUMBER() function.

    EDIT:

    A version using ROW_NUMBER might look something like:

    select

    valueId,

    GroupId,

    ValueDate,

    Amount

    from

    ( select

    valueId,

    GroupId,

    row_number() over

    ( partition by GroupId

    order by valueDate desc,

    valueId desc

    ) as Seq,

    ValueDate,

    Amount

    from theTable

    ) x

    where seq = 1

  • Thanks I will be giving it a try ...

    I suppose this will not be easy to do in SQL 2000? The db at work has not been converted to 2005 yet 🙁

  • I gave an SQL 2005 answer because we are in the 2005 forum; hang on and I'll review; sorry.

  • A SQL Server 2000 approach

    DECLARE@Sample TABLE (ValueID INT, GroupID INT, ValueDate DATETIME, Amount INT)

    INSERT@Sample

    SELECT1, 1, '2008/05/19', 100 UNION ALL

    SELECT2, 1, '2008/05/05', 20 UNION ALL

    SELECT3, 1, '2008/04/03', 30 UNION ALL

    SELECT4, 2, '2007/04/20', 50

    SELECT*

    FROM@Sample AS s

    INNER JOIN(

    SELECTGroupID,

    MAX(ValueDate) AS ValueDate

    FROM@Sample

    GROUP BYGroupID,

    DATEDIFF(MONTH, '19000101', ValueDate)

    ) AS x ON x.GroupID = s.GroupID

    WHEREs.ValueDate = x.ValueDate


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  • Thank you very much!

    Sorry I did not mention that I intended to use the Query on a 2000 box. We are in the process of upgrading but 2005 is still a few months away here.

    Thanks again, the input is greatly appreciated.

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