Comments on: Advanced SQL – Selecting Rows with Max Value from Groups

Comments on: Advanced SQL – Selecting Rows with Max Value from Groups http://www.bryantsai.com/archives/advanced-sql-selecting-rows-with-max-value-from-groups.html I need to think ... Sun, 10 Jun 2007 16:32:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Anonymous http://www.bryantsai.com/archives/advanced-sql-selecting-rows-with-max-value-from-groups.html/comment-page-1#comment-13 Anonymous Sun, 10 Jun 2007 16:32:12 +0000 http://www.bryantsai.com/?p=36#comment-13 You can rewrite it using related subquery: SELECT department, name, salary FROM DEPARTMENT dept WHERE salary= (SELECT max(salary) FROM DEPARTMENT WHERE department=dept.department) But I am not sure if it performs better than yours. You can rewrite it using related subquery:

SELECT department, name, salary FROM DEPARTMENT dept
WHERE salary=
(SELECT max(salary) FROM DEPARTMENT WHERE department=dept.department)

But I am not sure if it performs better than yours.

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