How do I select the first row per group in an SQL Query?

Question

I\'ve got this SQL query:

SELECT   Foo, Bar, SUM(Values) AS Sum
FROM     SomeTable
GROUP BY Foo, Bar
ORDER BY Foo DESC, Sum DESC

This resul

Answer 1

Just group on Players.Nick alone, and select the first (min) of the description

SELECT     Players.Nick, MIN(Reasons.Description), SUM(Marks.Value) AS Sum
FROM         Marks INNER JOIN
                      Players ON Marks.PlayerID = Players.ID INNER JOIN
                      Reasons ON Marks.ReasonId = Reasons.ID
GROUP BY Players.Nick
ORDER BY Players.Nick, Sum DESC

that is if you always want the first without knowing it