Multiple max values in a query

Question

I know the title does not sound very descriptive, but it is the best I could think of:

I have this table

ID     BDATE      VALUE
28911  14/4/2009  44820
2         


        

Answer 1

SELECT id, bdate, value FROM myview
 WHERE (id, bdate) IN (SELECT id, MAX(bdate) FROM myview GROUP BY id)

(untested... I don't have Oracle available right now...)