Oracle select most recent date record

Question

I am trying to find the most recent record based on a date field. When I set latest = 1 in the where clause, I get an error. Please help if possible. DATE is a the field I

Answer 1

i think i'd try with MAX something like this:

SELECT staff_id, max( date ) from owner.table group by staff_id

then link in your other columns:

select staff_id, site_id, pay_level, latest
from owner.table, 
(   SELECT staff_id, max( date ) latest from owner.table group by staff_id ) m
where m.staff_id = staff_id
and m.latest = date