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From Ron Johnson
Subject Re: Extract only maximum date from column
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In response to Extract only maximum date from column  (Rich Shepard <rshepard@appl-ecosys.com>)
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On Thu, Dec 4, 2025 at 2:55 PM Rich Shepard <rshepard@appl-ecosys.com> wrote:
I want the script to extract only the maximum `next_contact' date and
haven't learned how to do this from my reading of web sites.

The script:

select p.person_nbr, p.company_nbr, c.next_contact
from people as p, contacts as c
where c.next_contact >= '2025-11-01'
group by p.person_nbr, p.company_nbr, c.next_contact
order by p.person_nbr, p.company_nbr, max(c.next_contact);

returns all contacts rather than only the latest one.

Is using a sub-select the proper way?

May not be the only way, but it's how I do it:
SELECT * 
FROM foo
WHERE some_dt = (SELECT MAX(some_dt) FROM foo);

It might return more than one row...

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