Re: [SQL] Select Maximum Question - Mailing list pgsql-sql

"Frank Morton" <fmorton@base2inc.com> writes:
> I want to do a select which only returns the highest revision
> level for each filename,

Try something like
SELECT filename, max(revision) FROM table GROUP BY filename;

When you use GROUP BY, aggregate functions like max() are applied
separately over each group --- which is just what you want for this
problem.
        regards, tom lane