Select get entire row corresponding to max in MySQL Group

Question

When I use Max to find the maximum value of a field in a particular MySQL Group after using GROUP BY, is it possible to get the entire row which contains the maximum value?

Answer 1

I wonder if this would work:

select * from table where id in (select distinct max(id) from table group by name)

Answer 2

SELECT  di.id, di.orderer, di.ghigh, di.glow
FROM    (
        SELECT  glow, MIN(orderer) AS orderer
        FROM    t_distinct d
        GROUP BY
                glow
        ) dd
JOIN    t_distinct di
ON      di.id =
        (
        SELECT  id
        FROM    t_distinct ds
        WHERE   ds.glow = dd.glow
                AND ds.orderer = dd.orderer
        ORDER BY
                glow DESC, orderer DESC, id DESC
        LIMIT 1
        )

See this article for more explanations:

• MySQL: Selecting records holding group-wise maximum (resolving ties)

Answer 3

Look at the following query:

SELECT items.*
FROM items, (select @grouping_value:=null) as init
WHERE GREATEST(grouping_field=@grouping_value,
               IF(@grouping_value:=grouping_field,0,0))
ORDER BY grouping_field, sorted_field DESC

The idea is to sort table data by grouping field and sorted field and take the first row from each group