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Display only acct records with the most recent date

I have a query that produces all unique ACCT rows for each effective date.

But I am having difficulty modifying the query so that it shows only ONE row for each account that contains the most recent effective date.

Maybe somebody has time to take a shot at it?

SELECT     TOP (999999) dbo.Customers.AcctNo, dbo.CustomersRates.Effective, dbo.Customers.Letter, dbo.Customers.BillingContact, dbo.Customers.Title, 
                      dbo.Customers.ContactPerson, dbo.Customers.BillCompanyName, dbo.Customers.BillStreetAddress, dbo.Customers.BillCity, dbo.Customers.BillState, 
                      dbo.Customers.BillZip, dbo.Customers.CompanyName, dbo.Customers.Active, dbo.Customers.StreetAddress, dbo.Customers.City, dbo.Customers.State, 
                      dbo.Customers.Zip, dbo.Customers.PhoneNo, dbo.Customers.PhoneWaybillAr, dbo.Customers.PhoneWaybillNo, dbo.Customers.PhoneNo2, dbo.Customers.Ext, 
                      dbo.Customers.FaxNo, dbo.Customers.Attention, dbo.Customers.BillingRefName, dbo.Customers.RefMask, dbo.Customers.Rep, dbo.CustomersRates.MinCa, 
                      dbo.CustomersRates.MinCaN, dbo.CustomersRates.MinVa, dbo.CustomersRates.MinVaN, dbo.CustomersRates.Min14, dbo.CustomersRates.Min14N, 
                      dbo.CustomersRates.Min20, dbo.CustomersRates.Min20N, dbo.CustomersRates.BaseCharge, dbo.CustomersRates.BaseChargeN, 
                      dbo.CustomersRates.BaseChargeVa, dbo.CustomersRates.BaseChargeVaN, dbo.CustomersRates.BaseCharge14, dbo.CustomersRates.BaseCharge14N, 
                      dbo.CustomersRates.BaseCharge20, dbo.CustomersRates.BaseCharge20N, dbo.CustomersRates.PerMileRate, dbo.CustomersRates.PerMileRateN, 
                      dbo.CustomersRates.PerMileRateVa, dbo.CustomersRates.PerMileRateVaN, dbo.CustomersRates.PerMileRate14, dbo.CustomersRates.PerMileRate14N, 
                      dbo.CustomersRates.PerMileRate20, dbo.CustomersRates.PerMileRate20N, dbo.CustomersRates.WeightCharge, dbo.CustomersRates.WeightChargeN, 
                      dbo.CustomersRates.WeightChargeVa, dbo.CustomersRates.WeightChargeVaN, dbo.CustomersRates.WeightCharge14, dbo.CustomersRates.WeightCharge14N, 
                      dbo.CustomersRates.WeightCharge20, dbo.CustomersRates.WeightCharge20N, dbo.CustomersRates.WaitingCharge, dbo.CustomersRates.WaitingChargeN, 
                      dbo.CustomersRates.PrivCharge, dbo.CustomersRates.PrivChargeN, dbo.CustomersRates.BadAddressCharge, dbo.CustomersRates.BadAddressChargeN, 
                      dbo.CustomersRates.MultipleR, dbo.CustomersRates.MultipleRN, dbo.CustomersRates.MultipleRVa, dbo.CustomersRates.MultipleRVaN, 
                      dbo.CustomersRates.MultipleR14, dbo.CustomersRates.MultipleR14N, dbo.CustomersRates.MultipleR20, dbo.CustomersRates.MultipleR20N, 
                      dbo.CustomersRates.MultipleD, dbo.CustomersRates.MultipleDN, dbo.CustomersRates.MultipleDVa, dbo.CustomersRates.MultipleDVaN, 
                      dbo.CustomersRates.MultipleD14, dbo.CustomersRates.MultipleD14N, dbo.CustomersRates.MultipleD20, dbo.CustomersRates.MultipleD20N, 
                      dbo.CustomersRates.MultipleS, dbo.CustomersRates.MultipleSN, dbo.CustomersRates.MultipleSVa, dbo.CustomersRates.MultipleSVaN, 
                      dbo.CustomersRates.MultipleS14, dbo.CustomersRates.MultipleS14N, dbo.CustomersRates.MultipleS20, dbo.CustomersRates.MultipleS20N, 
                      dbo.CustomersRates.Floor, dbo.CustomersRates.FloorN, dbo.CustomersRates.FloorVa, dbo.CustomersRates.FloorVaN, dbo.CustomersRates.Floor14, 
                      dbo.CustomersRates.Floor14N, dbo.CustomersRates.Floor20, dbo.CustomersRates.Floor20N, dbo.CustomersRates.InsDelChg1, dbo.CustomersRates.InsDelChg2, 
                      dbo.CustomersRates.Dist, dbo.CustomersRates.DistN, dbo.CustomersRates.DistB, dbo.CustomersRates.DistNB, dbo.CustomersRates.DistC, 
                      dbo.CustomersRates.DistNC, dbo.CustomersRates.DistDrv, dbo.CustomersRates.DistDrvN, dbo.CustomersRates.DistDrvB, dbo.CustomersRates.DistDrvNB, 
                      dbo.CustomersRates.DistDrvC, dbo.CustomersRates.DistDrvNC, dbo.CustomersRates.DistWeight, dbo.CustomersRates.DistWeightDrv, dbo.CustomersRates.ID, 
                      dbo.CustomersRates.PriceLevel, dbo.CustomersRates.MinMi, dbo.CustomersRates.MinMiN, dbo.CustomersRates.BaseChargeMi, 
                      dbo.CustomersRates.BaseChargeMiN, dbo.CustomersRates.PerMileRateMi, dbo.CustomersRates.PerMileRateMiN, dbo.CustomersRates.WeightChargeMi, 
                      dbo.CustomersRates.WeightChargeMiN, dbo.CustomersRates.MultipleRMi, dbo.CustomersRates.MultipleRMiN, dbo.CustomersRates.MultipleDMi, 
                      dbo.CustomersRates.MultipleDMiN, dbo.CustomersRates.MultipleSMi, dbo.CustomersRates.MultipleSMiN, dbo.CustomersRates.FloorMi, 
                      dbo.CustomersRates.FloorMiN, dbo.CustomersRates.DistFreeWeight, dbo.CustomersRates.SkidCharge, dbo.CustomersRates.Dist2A, dbo.CustomersRates.Dist2AN, 
                      dbo.CustomersRates.Dist2B, dbo.CustomersRates.Dist2BN, dbo.CustomersRates.Dist2C, dbo.CustomersRates.Dist2CN, dbo.CustomersRates.Dist2D, 
                      dbo.CustomersRates.Dist2DN, dbo.CustomersRates.Dist2E, dbo.CustomersRates.Dist2EN, dbo.CustomersRates.Dist2DrvA, dbo.CustomersRates.Dist2DrvAN, 
                      dbo.CustomersRates.Dist2DrvB, dbo.CustomersRates.Dist2DrvBN, dbo.CustomersRates.Dist2DrvC, dbo.CustomersRates.Dist2DrvCN, 
                      dbo.CustomersRates.Dist2DrvD, dbo.CustomersRates.Dist2DrvDN, dbo.CustomersRates.Dist2DrvE, dbo.CustomersRates.Dist2DrvEN, 
                      dbo.CustomersRates.Dist2Weight, dbo.CustomersRates.Dist2WeightDrv, dbo.CustomersRates.Dist2FreeWeight, dbo.CustomersRates.FreeWeight, 
                      dbo.CustomersRates.DayStart, dbo.CustomersRates.DayEnd, dbo.CustomersRates.PickHold, dbo.CustomersRates.PickHoldN, dbo.CustomersRates.FreeMiles, 
                      dbo.CustomersRates.chkTollsDisabled, dbo.CustomersRates.chkParkingDisabled, dbo.CustomersRates.chkResDisabled, dbo.CustomersRates.chkForceMileage, 
                      dbo.CustomersRates.chkTollsNC, dbo.CustomersRates.chkParkingNC, dbo.CustomersRates.chkResNC, dbo.CustomersRates.SecondCtr, 
                      dbo.CustomersRates.SecondCtrN, dbo.CustomersRates.SecondAWB, dbo.CustomersRates.SecondAWBN, dbo.CustomersRates.OutboundChargeNEaAdd, 
                      dbo.CustomersRates.OutboundChargeN, dbo.CustomersRates.OutboundChargeEaAdd, dbo.CustomersRates.OutboundCharge, 
                      dbo.CustomersRates.InboundChargeNEaAdd, dbo.CustomersRates.InboundChargeN, dbo.CustomersRates.InboundChargeEaAdd, 
                      dbo.CustomersRates.InboundCharge, dbo.CustomersRates.nfoPerMileRate, dbo.CustomersRates.nfoAfterHours, dbo.CustomersRates.nfoWeightCharge, 
                      dbo.CustomersRates.nfoFreeMiles, dbo.CustomersRates.nfoFreeWeight, dbo.CustomersRates.nfoAdditionalBox
FROM         dbo.Customers INNER JOIN
                      dbo.CustomersRates ON dbo.Customers.AcctNo = dbo.CustomersRates.AcctNo
ORDER BY dbo.Customers.AcctNo, dbo.CustomersRates.Effective DESC

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Sharath S

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Dale Massicotte

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Not because I am lazy - but because my time is limited as a business owner

When upgrading from SQL2000 to 2008 my queries did not run the query correctly 'TOP 100 PERCENT' so I found that using a real number made it work - however I know that it is not the best way to do things :)

Dale Massicotte

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A question

I copied the query into SQL Mgt Studio to test and it worked. But will not allow me to save.

Does that make any sense?

ADO error ;WITH CTE

Anthony Perkins

I suspect you are using the (very flawed) designer. Instead use the query window to save your VIEW

Sharath S

Do you want to create a view with the query?
Also, you can remove the TOP in SELECT clause.

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Dale Massicotte

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I use CTRL + N to open a new query window in Mgt Studio.
I removed the TOP 99999 from select

I also no longer need to sort by EFFECTIVE as there is only one EFFECTIVE per ACCT with this new query. Maybe I do not understand something...

I want to save this as a view in my database.

When I try I get
Incorrect syntax near ';'.

Anthony Perkins

What is the compatibility level of the database?

I suspect if it were 90 or greater is should be fine.

If it is in fact 90 or greater then post the code in its entirety here.

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