How do i combine this data?

  • Hello people,

    I have two tables, one for documents and one for files. I am attempting to retrieve one particular documents details with the latest associated file details. i.e

    Documents table:

    (pk)documentID, name, purpose etc

    Files table:

    (pk)fileID, (fk)documentID, name, fileSize, version, date published, etc

    i want to pull a document with its latest version

    i.e.

    (Doc table)"Test Document", (doc table)"A document with no real purpose", (file table)20Mb, (file table - Version) 4, (file table)25/12/0000, 00:00:01

    my current sp so far is:

    SELECT

    Documents.Name,

    purpose

    ,

    Files

    .name,

    Files

    .FileSize,

    Files

    .Version,

    Files.DatePublished

    FROM Documents

    INNER JOIN Files on Documents.documentID = files.DocumentID

    WHERE ProjectID = @projectID

    But i need to include the fact somewhere in this sp that the File is the latest version i.e. the file with the highest version number. I've tried putting MAX(files.version) in places but i keep getting some sort of error.

    Any help would be much appreciated

    Lee

  • Please never say "some sort of error" Tell us what the error is. it's the only way to help you.

    Two possible solutions:

    SELECT

    Documents.Name,

    purpose,

    Files.name,

    Files.FileSize,

    Files.Version,

    Files.DatePublished

    FROM

    Documents

    INNER JOIN(

    Select

    Max(Version) as Maxversion,

    DocumentID

    From

    Files

    Group By DocumentID) AS MAXFiles on Documents.documentID = MaxFiles.DocumentID

    JOIN Files ON maxFiles.DocumentID = Files.DocumentID and maxFiles.MaxVersion = Files.Version

    WHERE

    ProjectID = @projectID

    or

    SELECT

    Documents.Name,

    purpose,

    Files.name,

    Files.FileSize,

    max(Files.Version) as Version,

    Files.DatePublished

    FROM

    Documents

    INNER JOINFiles on Documents.documentID = Files.DocumentID

    WHERE

    ProjectID = @projectID

    Group By

    Documents.Name,

    purpose,

    Files.name,

    Files.FileSize,

    Files.DatePublished

    Cheers,CrispinI can't die, there are too many people who still have to meet me!It's not a bug, SQL just misunderstood me!

  • Thank you Crispin

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