Hello.
You could use a window function:
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/functions-window.html
El 14/11/2017 a las 11:04 a. m., JORGE MALDONADO escribió:
> I have a table with a date field and I need to get all of the records
> with the most recent date.
> For example, if I have the following records, I need to get all of
> them with date 2017-11-09 only. which represent the most recent.
>
> What would be a good approach?
>
> 2017-01-01
> 2017-01-01
> 2017-10-15
> 2017-10-15
> 2017-10-15
> 2017-11-09
> 2017-11-09
> 2017-11-09
> 2017-11-09
>
> I thought about issuing a SELECT DISTINCT to get one record for each
> date, ORDER BY date DESC and then LIMIT 1 so I finally get the most
> recent date and use it in the WHERE clause. But this seems to me a bit
> complex.
>
> Respectfully,
> Jorge Maldonado
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