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                                    | younas02Starting Member
 
 
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                                            |  Posted - 2012-09-10 : 05:24:14 
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                                            | i have a table which include fields, subjectname,title,marksa subjectname can have more than one row with different marks , i have to select row with maximum marks.for example i have 5 rows with record.subjectname |    title|  marksmaths       |   basic|  66maths       |  basic|    89maths       |  basic  |  73computer    |  basic   | 39computer    |  basic   | 78the result i need ismaths  | basic| 89computer|basic |78 |  |  
                                    | khtanIn (Som, Ni, Yak)
 
 
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                                          |  Posted - 2012-09-10 : 05:30:47 
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                                          | [code]select *from(    select *, row_no = row_number() over (partition by subjectname order by marks desc)    from   atable) dwhere d.row_no = 1[/code] KH[spoiler]Time is always against us[/spoiler]
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                                    | webfredMaster Smack Fu Yak Hacker
 
 
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                                          |  Posted - 2012-09-10 : 05:31:03 
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                                          | selectsubjectname,title,max(marks) as marksfrom YourTablegroup by subjectname, title Too old to Rock'n'Roll too young to die.
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                                    | younas02Starting Member
 
 
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                                          |  Posted - 2012-09-10 : 06:53:20 
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                                          | this is not working for me.any other solution plz. |  
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                                    | webfredMaster Smack Fu Yak Hacker
 
 
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                                          |  Posted - 2012-09-10 : 07:25:11 
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                                          | 1. select subjectname, title, marks from YourTable2. send the output to a printer3. take a textmarker and mark the lines that you want manuallywill this work for you  Too old to Rock'n'Roll too young to die.
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                                    | lionofdezertAged Yak Warrior
 
 
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                                          |  Posted - 2012-09-10 : 09:05:58 
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                                          | cant stop laughing, webfred :)--------------------------http://connectsql.blogspot.com/ |  
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                                    | lionofdezertAged Yak Warrior
 
 
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                                          |  Posted - 2012-09-10 : 09:13:53 
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                                          | Using CTEDECLARE @MarkSheet TABLE (subjectname VARCHAR(50),title VARCHAR(50),marks INT)INSERT INTO @MarkSheet VALUES('maths' , 'basic', 66),('maths' , 'basic', 89),('maths' , 'basic' , 73),('computer' , 'basic' , 39),('computer' , 'basic' , 78);WITH CTEAS (SELECT subjectname,title,marks,				ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY subjectname ORDER BY marks DESC) AS Toper	FROM @MarkSheet)SELECT  subjectname,title,marks FROM CTE WHERE Toper = 1--------------------------http://connectsql.blogspot.com/ |  
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