How to use MAX() on a subquery result?

Question

I am new to Oracle and the SQL world. I have a slight issue with a query that I cannot figure out for the life of me, I have spent a few hours trying different approaches and I

Answer 1

You cannot use a derived table directly in where clause it will give table or view does not exist error so to get the max count value you can use HAVING clause or Analytical Functions or Rownum like

select * from
      (Select membership.mem_desc,membership.mem_max_rentals,membership_history.mem_type,      
      count(membership_history.MEM_TYPE) as membership_count
      from membership_history a
      JOIN membership b ON b.mem_type = a.mem_type
      group by (membership_history.mem_type,membership.mem_desc,membership.mem_max_rentals)
      having count(a.MEM_TYPE) = (Select      
      MAX(count(a.MEM_TYPE)) from membership_history a
      JOIN membership b ON b.mem_type = a.mem_type
      group by (a.mem_type,b.mem_desc,b.mem_max_rentals)));

(OR)

select * from
(SELECT g.*,rank() over (order by membership_count desc) rnk from
      (Select membership.mem_desc,membership.mem_max_rentals,membership_history.mem_type,      
      count(membership_history.MEM_TYPE) as membership_count
      from membership_history
      JOIN membership ON membership.mem_type = membership_history.mem_type
      group by (membership_history.mem_type,membership.mem_desc,membership.mem_max_rentals)) g)
WHERE rnk=1;

(OR)

select * from
(SELECT g.*,rownum rn from
      (Select membership.mem_desc,membership.mem_max_rentals,membership_history.mem_type,      
      count(membership_history.MEM_TYPE) as membership_count
      from membership_history
      JOIN membership ON membership.mem_type = membership_history.mem_type
      group by (membership_history.mem_type,membership.mem_desc,membership.mem_max_rentals)
      order by membership_count desc) g)
WHERE rn=1;