SQL query to return only 1 record per group ID
I'm looking for a way to handle the following scenario. I have a database table that I need to return only one record for each "group id" that is contained within the table, furthermore the record that is selected within each group should be the oldest person in the household.
ID Group ID Name Age
1 134 John Bowers 37
2 134 Kerri Bowers 33
3 135 John Bowers 44
4 135 Shannon Bowers 42
So in the sample data provided above I would need ID 1 and 3 returned, as they are the oldest people within each group id.
This is being queried against a SQL开发者_JS百科 Server 2005 database.
SELECT t.*
FROM (
SELECT DISTINCT groupid
FROM mytable
) mo
CROSS APPLY
(
SELECT TOP 1 *
FROM mytable mi
WHERE mi.groupid = mo.groupid
ORDER BY
age DESC
) t
or this:
SELECT *
FROM (
SELECT *, ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY groupid ORDER BY age DESC) rn
FROM mytable
) x
WHERE x.rn = 1
This will return at most one record per group even in case of ties.
See this article in my blog for performance comparisons of both methods:
- SQL Server: Selecting records holding group-wise maximum
Use:
SELECT DISTINCT
t.groupid,
t.name
FROM TABLE t
JOIN (SELECT t.groupid,
MAX(t.age) 'max_age'
FROM TABLE t
GROUP BY t.groupid) x ON x.groupid = t.groupid
AND x.max_age = t.age
So what if there's 2+ people with the same age for a group? It'd be better to store the birthdate rather than age - you can always calculate the age for presentation.
Try this (assuming Group is synonym for Household)
Select * From Table t
Where Age = (Select Max(Age)
From Table
Where GroupId = t.GroupId)
If there are two or more "oldest" people in some household (They all are the same age and there is noone else older), then this will return all of them, not just one at random.
If this is an issue, then you need to add another subquery to return an arbitrary key value for one person in that set.
Select * From Table t
Where Id =
(Select Max(Id) Fom Table
Where GroupId = t.GroupId
And Age =
(Select(Max(Age) From Table
Where GroupId = t.GroupId))
SELECT GroupID, Name, Age
FROM table
INNER JOIN
(
SELECT GroupID, MAX(Age) AS OLDEST
FROM table
) AS OLDESTPEOPLE
ON
table.GroupID = OLDESTPEOPLE.GroupID
AND
table.Age = OLDESTPEOPLE.OLDEST
SELECT GroupID, Name, Age
FROM table
INNER JOIN
(
SELECT GroupID, MAX(Age) AS OLDEST
FROM table
**GROUP BY GroupID**
) AS OLDESTPEOPLE
ON
table.GroupID = OLDESTPEOPLE.GroupID
AND
table.Age = OLDESTPEOPLE.OLDEST
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