Getting the last updated name - sql

Question

I am having a table having records like this:
+------+------+
| ID | name |
+------+------+
| 1 | A |
| 2 | B |
| 3 | C |
| 4 | A |
| 5 | B |
| 6 | A |
| 7 | A |
| 8 | A |
+------+------+
I need to get value of A after it was last updated from a different value, for example here it would be the row at ID 6.

Answer 1

Try this query (MySQL syntax):
select min(ID)
from records
where name = 'A'
and ID >=
(
select max(ID)
from records
where name <> 'A'
);
Illustration:
select * from records;
+------+------+
| ID | name |
+------+------+
| 1 | A |
| 2 | B |
| 3 | C |
| 4 | A |
| 5 | B |
| 6 | A |
| 7 | A |
| 8 | A |
+------+------+
-- run query:
+---------+
| min(ID) |
+---------+
| 6 |
+---------+

Answer 2

Using the Lag function...
SELECT Max([ID])
FROM (SELECT [name], [ID],
Lag([name]) OVER (ORDER BY [ID]) AS PrvVal
FROM tablename) tbl
WHERE [name] = 'A'
AND prvval <> 'A'
Online Demo: http://www.sqlfiddle.com/#!18/a55eb/2/0
If you want to get the whole row, you can do this...
SELECT Top 1 *
FROM (SELECT [name], [ID],
Lag([name]) OVER (ORDER BY [ID]) AS PrvVal
FROM tablename) tbl
WHERE [name] = 'A' AND prvval <> 'A'
ORDER BY [ID] DESC
Online Demo: http://www.sqlfiddle.com/#!18/a55eb/22/0

Answer 3

The ANSI SQL below uses a self-join on the previous id.
And the where-clause gets those with a name that's different from the previous.
select max(t1.ID) as ID
from YourTable as t1
left join YourTable as t2 on t1.ID = t2.ID+1
where (t1.name <> t2.name or t2.name is null)
and t1.name = 'A';
It should work on most RDBMS, including MS Sql Server.
Note that with the ID+1 that there's an assumption that are no gaps between the ID's.