Joining to MAX date record in group

Question

Job
--------
Id
Description


JobStatus
----------
Id
JobId
StatusTypeId
Date

How do I get the current JobStatus for all jobs?

Answer 1

Another (not very efficient, but easy to understand) solution for SQL Server 2000:--

SELECT  *
FROM    job j
WHERE   j.date = (SELECT MAX(date) 
                  FROM   job 
                  WHERE  id = j.id)