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jamie
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Posted - 2008-10-16 : 08:49:10

hi,
I am running a query which shows the values like this :

name number
fred 12
bob 15

how can I add another field to show which one is the highest number ?
something like :

name number ishighest
fred 12 0
bob 15 1

?

thank you for any help.
jamie

madhivanan
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Posted - 2008-10-16 : 08:51:25

Post the query you used

Madhivanan

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jamie
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542 Posts

Posted - 2008-10-16 : 08:58:09

select name, number from [users]

madhivanan
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Posted - 2008-10-16 : 09:21:59

[code]select
u.name,u.number, case when u.number=t.maxi then 1 else 0 end as ishighest
from users as u
cross join(select max(number) as maxi from users) as t
[/code]

Madhivanan

Failing to plan is Planning to fail

jamie
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542 Posts

Posted - 2008-10-16 : 09:24:19

amazing.
thank you !

LoztInSpace
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Posted - 2008-10-16 : 09:26:32

check out the RANK() function. Careful where you have duplicate 'number'. You might want to use DENSE_RANK or ROW_NUMBER depending on what you want.

madhivanan
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Posted - 2008-10-16 : 09:52:46

I forget that this is posted in SQL Server 2005 forum
Other method

select *,case when max(number) over () =number then 1 else 0 end as ishighest from users

Madhivanan

Failing to plan is Planning to fail

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