Yi Zhao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb:

> hi all:
> I have a table with columns(>2) named "query", "pop", "dfk".
> what I want is:
> when I do some select, if the column "query" in result records have
> duplicate value, I only want the record which have the maximum value of
> the "pop".
> 
> for example, the content of table:
> query pop dfk
> -----------------------
> abc    30   1 --max
> foo     20   lk --max
> def     16   kj --max
> foo     15   fk --discard
> abc     10   2 --discard
> bar      8    are --max
> 
> the result should be:
> query pop dfk
> -----------------------
> abc    30   1
> foo     20   lk
> def     16   kj
> bar      8    are

test=*# select * from d;
 query | pop | dfk
-------+-----+-----
 abc   |  30 | 1
 foo   |  20 | lk
 def   |  16 | kj
 foo   |  15 | fk
 abc   |  10 | 2
 bar   |   8 | are
(6 Zeilen)

Zeit: 0,213 ms
test=*# select distinct on (query) * from d order by query, pop desc;
 query | pop | dfk
-------+-----+-----
 abc   |  30 | 1
 bar   |   8 | are
 def   |  16 | kj
 foo   |  20 | lk
(4 Zeilen)

Hint: distinct on isn't standard-sql, it's an PG-extension.


Andreas
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