Assume a rowset containing the following
EntryID Name DateModified D开发者_如何转开发ateDeleted
-----------------------------------------------
1 Name1 1/2/2003 NULL
2 Name1 1/3/2005 1/5/2008
3 Name1 1/3/2006 NULL
4 Name1 NULL NULL
5 Name1 3/5/2008 NULL
Clarification:
I need a single value - the largest non-null date from BOTH columns. So the largest of all ten cells in this case.
SELECT MAX(CASE WHEN (DateDeleted IS NULL OR DateModified > DateDeleted)
THEN DateModified ELSE DateDeleted END) AS MaxDate
FROM Table
For MySQL, Postgres or Oracle, use the GREATEST function:
SELECT GREATEST(ISNULL(t.datemodified, '1900-01-01 00:00:00'),
ISNULL(t.datedeleted, '1900-01-01 00:00:00'))
FROM TABLE t
Both Oracle and MySQL will return NULL if a NULL is provided. The example uses MySQL null handling - update accordingly for the appropriate database.
A database agnostic alternative is:
SELECT z.entryid,
MAX(z.dt)
FROM (SELECT x.entryid,
x.datemodified AS dt
FROM TABLE x
UNION ALL
SELECT y.entryid
y.datedeleted AS dt
FROM TABLE y) z
GROUP BY z.entryid
As a general solution, you could try something like this:
select max(date_col)
from(
select max(date_col1) AS date_col from some_table
union
select max(date_col2) AS date_col from some_table
union
select max(date_col3) AS date_col from some_table
...
)
There might be easier ways, depending on what database you're using.
How about;
SELECT MAX(MX) FROM (
SELECT MAX(DateModified) AS MX FROM Tbl
UNION
SELECT MAX(DateDeleted) FROM Tbl
) T
The answer depends on what you really want. If you simply want the most recent of the two date values then you can do:
Select Max(DateModified), Max(DateDeleted)
From Table
If you are asking for the largest value from either column, then you can simply do:
Select Case
When Max(DateModified) > Max(DateDeleted) Then Max(DateModified)
Else Max(DateDeleted)
End As MaxOfEitherValue
From Table
The above are all valid answers;
But I'm Not sure if this would work?
select IsNull((
select MAX(DateModified)
from table
)
,
(
select MAX(DateDeleted)
from table
)
) as MaxOfEitherValue
from table
Edit 1:
Whilst in the shower this morning, I had another solution:
Solution 2:
select MAX(v) from (
select MAX(DateModified) as v from table
union all
select MAX(DateDeleted) as v from table
) as SubTable
Edit 3:
Damn it, just spotted this is the same solution as Alex k. sigh...
How to find the Latest Date from the columns from Multiple tables e.g. if the Firstname is in Table1, Address is in Table2, Phone is in Table3:
When you are using with main SELECT statement while selecting other columns it is best written as :
SELECT Firstname
,Lastname
,Address
,PhoneNumber
,
,(SELECT max(T.date_col) from(select max(date_col1) AS date_col from Table1 Where ..
union
select max(date_col2) AS date_col from Table2 Where..
union
select max(date_col3) AS date_col from Table3 Where..
) AS T
) AS Last_Updated_Date
FROM Table T1
LEFT JOIN Table T2 ON T1.Common_Column=T2.Common_Column
LEFTJOIN Table T3 ON T1.Common_Column=T3.Common_Column
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