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In response to SQL problem..  ("Bauhaus" <niemandhier@pandora.be>)
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Your query won't work because there is no single Price associated with
a range of dates.  It doesn't make sense.

Do you mean to select AVG(Price)?

On 6/28/07, Bauhaus <niemandhier@pandora.be> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm an Access/SQL novice and I have an sql problem:
>
> I have the following table Price:
>
> FuelID PriceDate   Price
> LPG    1/05/2007   0,2
> LPG    13/05/2007 0,21
> SPS     2/05/2007   1,1
> SPS     15/05/2007 1,08
>
> And I have to make the following query:
>
> FuelID PriceDate_from PriceDate_To Price
> LPG    1/05/2007         13/05/2007     0,2
> SPS     2/05/2007         15/05/2007    1,1
> LPG    13/05/2007                              0,21
> SPS     15/05/2007                             1,08
>
> I tried this:
>
> SELECT FuelID, min(FuelDate) AS Pricedate_from, max(FuelDate) AS
> PriceDate_to FROM Price GROUP BY FuelID;
>
> Problem is, when I put Price in the select, I get the error 'Price not part
> of an aggregate function' :s
> Eitherway, it doesnt work, I only have one FuelDate_from and one FuelDate_to
> if I use min & max. While there should be several from...to... dates for a
> particular fuel.
>
> How can I solve this ?
>
>
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