Re: pgsql aggregate: conditional max - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Weimao Ke
Subject Re: pgsql aggregate: conditional max
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Msg-id 44145265.6030100@indiana.edu
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In response to Re: pgsql aggregate: conditional max  (Michael Fuhr <mike@fuhr.org>)
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Michael Fuhr wrote:

>On Sun, Mar 12, 2006 at 12:34:57AM -0500, Jeffrey Melloy wrote:
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>>Should be able to do this with a standard max() aggregate.
>>
>>select aid, cat, max(weight)
>>from table
>>group by aid, cat;
>>    
>>
>
>That query returns the maximum weight for each (aid, cat) pair.
>Against the example data it returns the entire table, not the
>(aid, cat) pair with the max weight for a given aid.
>
>  
>
Michael is right. This query does not solve the problem...

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Weimao

Weimao Ke
Indiana University Bloomington
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