convert ms-access last() function to sql server 2008

Question

How to convert ms-access last() function to sql server 2008 equivalent query? code is

SELECT 
    DISTINCT Last([Title].[Number) AS Row_ID 
FROM [Title] 
HAV         


        

Answer 1

You need to use sub-query with ORDER BY because sql-server doesn't guaranty order of rows without this clause . See the example.

declare @tbl table(f1 int, f2 varchar(10), d datetime)

insert into @tbl values (1,'1-first','20120917')
insert into @tbl values (1,'1-middle','20120918')
insert into @tbl values (1,'1-last','20120919')
insert into @tbl values (2,'2-just one','20120917')


select f1, (select TOP 1 f2 from @tbl t2 where t2.f1=t1.f1 order by d DESC) Last_f2
from @tbl t1
group by f1