On Fri, 13 Sep 2002 12:29:21 +0200, "Albrecht Berger"
<berger1517@gmx.ch> wrote:
>Table :
>pk id val1 val2
> 1 1 2 3
> 2 1 2 4
> 3 2 1 1
> 4 1 0 5
> 5 2 1 8
>
>
>Needed Result :
>pk id val1 val2
> 4 1 0 5
> 5 2 1 8
Albrecht,
"DISTINCT ON eliminates rows that match on all the specified
expressions, keeping only the first row of each set of duplicates."
So the trick is to sort appropriately:
SELECT DISTINCT on (id) pk, id, val1, val2 FROM yourtable ORDER BY id asc, val2 desc, pk desc;
ServusManfred
