Thanks all the below seem to do the trick.
On 06/02/2016 01:58 PM, David G. Johnston wrote:
> select max(id) from yourtable where sts=0 and id not in (select ref_id from yourtable);
select max(id) from yourtable where sts=0 and id not in (select ref_id from yourtable);
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Stephen Clark
