Re: Extract only maximum date from column

From: Rich Shepard <rshepard(at)appl-ecosys(dot)com>
To: "pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Extract only maximum date from column
Date: 2025-12-05 13:41:44
Message-ID: 841faf53-7f95-18b6-35-71516db8ca1e@appl-ecosys.com
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On Thu, 4 Dec 2025, David G. Johnston wrote:

>> So:
>> Select person.*, lastcontact.*
>> from people
>> join lateral (select contacts.*
>> from contacts
>> where contacts.person_nbr = people.person_nbr
>> order by last_contact_date
>> desc limit 1)
>> as lastcontact on true;

> I was giving you a query form. You should use the actual table and column
> names in your schema…

David,

The two table names are 'people' and 'contacts', the columns are
'person_nbr' and 'last_contact.' I usually use aliases rather than the table
name to reference the column.

Rich

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