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From Rajarshi Guha
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Hi, I have a table of the form

aid  pid  nmol
- ---  ---  ----
1    23   34
2    45   3445
3    23   100
4    78   12
5    45   14
6    45   200
7    null null

In general, aid is unique, pid and nmol are non-unique.

What I'm trying to do is to select those rows where pid is not null,
grouped by pid. So I'd get the following

aid  pid  nmol
- ---  ---  ----
1    23   34
3    23   100
2    45   3445
5    45   14
6    45   200
4    78   12

 From within each group I'd like to select the row that has the
maximum value of nmol. So I'd end up with

aid  pid  nmol
- ---  ---  ----
3    23   100
2    45   3445
4    78   12

I can easily do the first step, but am struggling to make the SQL for
the second step. Any pointers would be appreciated



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