Except that he wants max(timestamp) by id; perhaps a GROUP BY would
help, something like (untested):
select max(timestamp) from log group by id;
Tom Lane wrote:
>
> "Marc Sherman" <msherman@projectile.ca> writes:
> > I'd like to select the newest (max(timestamp)) row for each id,
> > before a given cutoff date; is this possible?
>
> select * from log order by timestamp desc limit 1;
>
> regards, tom lane
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