Question

Extracting the latest date from a query

Asked by: jomfra

hello expert,

I am attempting to extract info for the latest date that a memo was applied to accounts in a database


An account is consider dormant if there is no withdawal done in the past 6 months if a withdrawal in

done on dormant account the memo code 'REAC' is applied to the said account to notify all that the

once dormant account had a withdrawal done.

I have design a query to capture all ACCOUNTS with the memo 'REAC' applied .

But an account may have had REAC applied serval times during the period i am searching

01-jan-01 to 09-mar-07

How can modify may query to report the date of the latest REAC memo.



>> spool react.txt
set linesize 132
set pagesize 62
break on report skip 2
set head off
select  'DAILY REACT REPORT
                                         Date : '|| to_char(sysdate,'dd/mm/yyyy'
)
from v$parameter
where name = 'db_name'
;
set head on
break on till_no skip 1
select
substr(alt_acc_no,1,7) " NBS ",
substr(a.acc_name,1,52) Name,
to_char(decode(b.dr_cr,'C',0,tran_amt),'$99,999,999.99') "      Debit",
substr(user_name,1,9) "  USER NAME  ",
to_char(f.curbal,'$9,999,999,999.99') "  BALANCE  "
,substr(DESCRIPT,1,10) "  TYPE  "
from save_tran t, save_acc a,users u,save_finl f,memo_appl m
,base_type b,altern_acc n
where t.acc_no = a.acc_no
and t.base_code = b.base_code
and a.acc_no = f.acc_no
and t.user_id = u.user_id
and appl_id_a = f.acc_no
and n.acc_no(+) = t.acc_no
and  m.memo_code ='REAC'
and tran_code not in ('5','4','24','905','704','924','8','146')
and user_type = 'A'
and deleted is null
and branch not in '06'
and t.user_id not like '%FOREDBA%'
and proc_date between '&proc_date' and '&proc_date')
and date_appl between '&date_appl' and '&date_appl')
order by acc_name
/

thanks

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2007-03-10 at 06:00:50ID22440874
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Answers

 

by: sujith80Posted on 2007-03-10 at 09:02:20ID: 18694410

>> date of the latest REAC memo.
What is the column name that you are referring to? is it proc_date?
The below soln is assuming that you are referring to proc_date, if not change the column name accordingly.

select NBS, name, debit , user_name "USER NAME", balance, type
from (
select
substr(alt_acc_no,1,7) "NBS",
substr(a.acc_name,1,52) Name,
to_char(decode(b.dr_cr,'C',0,tran_amt),'$99,999,999.99')  "Debit",
substr(user_name,1,9)  "USER_NAME",
to_char(f.curbal,'$9,999,999,999.99')  BALANCE
,substr(DESCRIPT,1,10)   TYPE  ,
row_number() over (order by proc_date)
from save_tran t, save_acc a,users u,save_finl f,memo_appl m
,base_type b,altern_acc n
where t.acc_no = a.acc_no
and t.base_code = b.base_code
and a.acc_no = f.acc_no
and t.user_id = u.user_id
and appl_id_a = f.acc_no
and n.acc_no(+) = t.acc_no
and  m.memo_code ='REAC'
and tran_code not in ('5','4','24','905','704','924','8','146')
and user_type = 'A'
and deleted is null
and branch not in '06'
and t.user_id not like '%FOREDBA%'
and proc_date between '&proc_date' and '&proc_date')
and date_appl between '&date_appl' and '&date_appl') )
WHERE proc_date = (select max(proc_date) from <the table name> )
order by acc_name

 

by: sapnamPosted on 2007-03-11 at 03:01:21ID: 18696758

select substr(alt_acc_no,1,7) " NBS ",
           substr(a.acc_name,1,52) Name,
           to_char(decode(b.dr_cr,'C',0,tran_amt),'$99,999,999.99') "      Debit",
          substr(user_name,1,9) "  USER NAME  ",
          to_char(f.curbal,'$9,999,999,999.99') "  BALANCE  " ,
          substr(DESCRIPT,1,10) "  TYPE  ",
          m.proc_date
from save_tran t,
         save_acc a,
         users u,
          save_finl f,
          memo_appl m,
          base_type b,
          altern_acc n
where t.acc_no = a.acc_no
    and t.base_code = b.base_code
   and a.acc_no = f.acc_no
   and t.user_id = u.user_id
   and appl_id_a = f.acc_no
   and n.acc_no(+) = t.acc_no
   and  m.memo_code ='REAC'
   and tran_code not in ('5','4','24','905','704','924','8','146')
   and user_type = 'A'
   and deleted is null
   and branch not in '06'
   and t.user_id not like '%FOREDBA%'
   and proc_date between '&proc_date' and '&proc_date'
   and date_appl between '&date_appl' and '&date_appl'
   and m.proc_date = (select max(q.proc_date)
                                      from memo_appl q
                                    where q.proc_date between '&proc_date' and '&proc_date'
                                        and q.memo_code = m.memo_code
                                       and ..(all other conditions which join q to m))
order by acc_name
/

 

by: jomfraPosted on 2007-03-12 at 05:26:47ID: 18701264

hello experts.

thanks for respective advice i will go ahead and split points

thanks

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