How can I get just the first row in a result set AFTER ordering?

Question

This gives me just one row (the first one):

SELECT BLA
FROM BLA
WHERE BLA
AND ROWNUM < 2

However, I want the most recent date val; I can

Answer 1

An alternative way:

SELECT ...
FROM bla
WHERE finalDate = (SELECT MAX(finalDate) FROM bla) AND
      rownum = 1