SQL - How to select a row having a column with max

Question

date                 value

18/5/2010, 1 pm        40
18/5/2010, 2 pm        20
18/5/2010, 3 pm        60
18/5/2010, 4 pm        30
18/5/2010, 5 pm        60
18/5/2010, 6 pm        25 

i need to query for the row having max(value)(i.e. 60). So, here we get two rows. From that, I need the row with the lowest time stamp for that day(i.e 18/5/2010, 3 pm -> 60)

Answer 1

In Oracle:

This gets the key of the max(high_val) in the table according to the range.

select high_val, my_key
from (select high_val, my_key
      from mytable
      where something = 'avalue'
      order by high_val desc)
where rownum <= 1

Answer 2

You can use this function, ORACLE DB

 public string getMaximumSequenceOfUser(string columnName, string tableName, string username)
    {
        string result = "";
        var query = string.Format("Select MAX ({0})from {1} where CREATED_BY = {2}", columnName, tableName, username.ToLower());

        OracleConnection conn = new OracleConnection(_context.Database.Connection.ConnectionString);
        OracleCommand cmd = new OracleCommand(query, conn);
        try
        {
            conn.Open();
            OracleDataReader dr = cmd.ExecuteReader();
            dr.Read();
            result = dr[0].ToString();
            dr.Dispose();
        }
        finally
        {
            conn.Close();
        }
        return result;
    }

Answer 3

Analytics! This avoids having to access the table twice:

SELECT DISTINCT
       FIRST_VALUE(date_col)  OVER (ORDER BY value_col DESC, date_col ASC),
       FIRST_VALUE(value_col) OVER (ORDER BY value_col DESC, date_col ASC)
FROM   mytable;