mysql query the latest date
- by user295189
I am running this query
SEL
ECT
sh.*,
u.initials AS initals
FROM
database1.table1 AS sh
JOIN
database2.user AS u
ON
u.userID = sh.userid
WHERE
id = 123456
AND
dts = ( SELECT MAX(dts) from database1.table1 )
ORDER BY
sort_by, category
In the table1 I have records like this
dts status category sort_by
2010-04-29 12:20:27 Civil Engineers Occupation 1
2010-04-28 12:20:27 Civil Engineers Occupation 1
2010-04-28 12:20:54 Married Marital Status 2 2010-04-28 12:21:15 Smoker Tobbaco 3
2010-04-27 12:20:27 Civil Engineers Occupation 1
2010-04-27 12:20:54 Married Marital Status 2 2010-04-27 12:21:15 Smoker Tobbaco 3
2010-04-26 12:20:27 Civil Engineers Occupation 1
2010-04-26 12:20:54 Married Marital Status 2 2010-04-26 12:21:15 Smoker Tobbaco 3
so if you look at my data, I am choosing the latest entry by category and sort_id. however in some case such as on 29th (2010-04-29 12:20:27) I have only one record. So in this case I want to show occupation for latest and then the rest of them (latest). But currently it displays only one row.
Thanks