SQL Query: Return Max value record of a Group
use row_number()
window function
select * from
( select *,
row_number()over(partition by s_name order by MARK_VALUE desc) rn
from table_name
) t where t.rn=1
or you can use corelated subquery
select t1.* from table_name t1
where t.MARK_VALUE=(select max(MARK_VALUE) from table_name t2 where t2.S_NAME=t1.S_NAME)
Get records with max value for each group of grouped SQL results
There's a super-simple way to do this in mysql:
select *
from (select * from mytable order by `Group`, age desc, Person) x
group by `Group`
This works because in mysql you're allowed to not aggregate non-group-by columns, in which case mysql just returns the first row. The solution is to first order the data such that for each group the row you want is first, then group by the columns you want the value for.
You avoid complicated subqueries that try to find the max()
etc, and also the problems of returning multiple rows when there are more than one with the same maximum value (as the other answers would do)
Note: This is a mysql-only solution. All other databases I know will throw an SQL syntax error with the message "non aggregated columns are not listed in the group by clause" or similar. Because this solution uses undocumented behavior, the more cautious may want to include a test to assert that it remains working should a future version of MySQL change this behavior.
Version 5.7 update:
Since version 5.7, the sql-mode
setting includes ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY
by default, so to make this work you must not have this option (edit the option file for the server to remove this setting).
SQL to get max value from each group
select * from [table] t1
inner join
(
select track_id, user_id, max(rating) maxRating
from [table]
group by track_id, user_id
) tmp
on t1.track_id = tmp.track_id
and t1.user_id = tmp.user_id
and t1.rating = tmp.maxRating;
SQL select only rows with max value on a column
At first glance...
All you need is a GROUP BY
clause with the MAX
aggregate function:
SELECT id, MAX(rev)
FROM YourTable
GROUP BY id
It's never that simple, is it?
I just noticed you need the content
column as well.
This is a very common question in SQL: find the whole data for the row with some max value in a column per some group identifier. I heard that a lot during my career. Actually, it was one the questions I answered in my current job's technical interview.
It is, actually, so common that Stack Overflow community has created a single tag just to deal with questions like that: greatest-n-per-group.
Basically, you have two approaches to solve that problem:
Joining with simple group-identifier, max-value-in-group
Sub-query
In this approach, you first find the group-identifier, max-value-in-group
(already solved above) in a sub-query. Then you join your table to the sub-query with equality on both group-identifier
and max-value-in-group
:
SELECT a.id, a.rev, a.contents
FROM YourTable a
INNER JOIN (
SELECT id, MAX(rev) rev
FROM YourTable
GROUP BY id
) b ON a.id = b.id AND a.rev = b.rev
Left Joining with self, tweaking join conditions and filters
In this approach, you left join the table with itself. Equality goes in the group-identifier
. Then, 2 smart moves:
- The second join condition is having left side value less than right value
- When you do step 1, the row(s) that actually have the max value will have
NULL
in the right side (it's aLEFT JOIN
, remember?). Then, we filter the joined result, showing only the rows where the right side isNULL
.
So you end up with:
SELECT a.*
FROM YourTable a
LEFT OUTER JOIN YourTable b
ON a.id = b.id AND a.rev < b.rev
WHERE b.id IS NULL;
Conclusion
Both approaches bring the exact same result.
If you have two rows with max-value-in-group
for group-identifier
, both rows will be in the result in both approaches.
Both approaches are SQL ANSI compatible, thus, will work with your favorite RDBMS, regardless of its "flavor".
Both approaches are also performance friendly, however your mileage may vary (RDBMS, DB Structure, Indexes, etc.). So when you pick one approach over the other, benchmark. And make sure you pick the one which make most of sense to you.
Return the row with max value for each group
A perfect use case for DISTINCT ON
:
SELECT DISTINCT ON (realm, race) *
FROM tbl
ORDER BY realm, race, total DESC;
db<>fiddle here
Notably, the query has no GROUP BY
at all.
Assuming total is NOT NULL
, else append NULLS LAST
.
In case of a tie, the winner is arbitrary unless you add more ORDER BY
items to break the tie.
Detailed explanation:
- Select first row in each GROUP BY group?
How to find the max value from a table with group by
This will work unless two players have the same score on a team. In that case, it will return two rows for that team.
select a.score, a.teamId, b.playerId
from (
select max(score) as score, teamId
from player
group by teamId
) a
inner join player b
on a.teamId = b.teamId and a.score = b.score
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