Re: I need help creating a query

>
> worker:   worker_id, name
> position: position_id, worker_id, position, startdate, salary
>
> If I perfom a query joining both tables, I can obtain all the workers and
> the positions the've had.
>
> SELECT name, startdate, position,  salary FROM worker JOIN position
> USING(worker_id);
> worker1 | 2001-01-01 | boss             | 999999
> worker2 | 2001-01-01 | cleaning        | 100
> worker2 | 2006-04-01 | programmer   | 20000
> worker2 | 2006-07-04 | management | 25000
>
> so far so good, now I need to obtain all the workers only with the position
> they had on a given date.
> if I wanted to know the positions on '2006-05-01' it would return
> worker1 | 2001-01-01 | boss             | 999999
> worker2 | 2006-04-01 | programmer   | 20000
>

This is just a quick guess. I am not sure if the logic is correct but it could be a starting
point.

select P2.worker_id, P2.pdate, P1.position, P1.salary
from position as P1
  join
  (select worker_id, max(startdate) as pdate
   from position
   where startdate <= '2006-05-01'
   group by worker_id, position_id) as P2
on (P1.worker_id = P2.worker_id) and (P1.startdate = P2.pdate)
;

Regards,

Richard Broersma Jr.