How do I write this query? Distinct, Group By, Order By? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Min Yin
Subject How do I write this query? Distinct, Group By, Order By?
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Msg-id 4CABDE48.20302@ai.sri.com
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  Hi There,

I have a table looks like this:

(order_id, user_id, order_time)

One user_id can have multiple orders with order_id as the primary key,
now I want to get a list of users, ordered by their latest order
respectively, for example, if user A has two orders, one on today, the
other a month ago, and user B has one order a week ago, then the result
should be

A
B

how do I do it? I tried various ways of SELECT with Distinct, Group By,
Order By, but was hit by either "column must appear in the GROUP BY
clause or be used in an aggregate function", or "for SELECT DISTINCT,
ORDER BY expressions must appear in select list" every time.

Is it possible to do it? Is it possible to do it in one none-nested query?


Many Thanks!


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