Re: Bringing other columns along with a GROUP BY clause

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On Thu, Feb 05, 2009 at 02:43:07PM -0500, Rob Richardson wrote:
> I want a list of
> the coils whose coldspot_times are the largest for their charge.

> Select coil_id, charge, max(coldspot_time)
> From inventory
> Group by charge

The DISTINCT ON clause would help here, something like:

  SELECT DISTINCT ON (coil_id), coil_id, charge, MAX(largest_time)
  FROM inventory
  GROUP BY coil_id, charge
  ORDER BY coil_id, MAX(largest_time) DESC;

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