How to search max value from group in sql - sql

Question

I am just learning some SQL, so I have a question.
-I have a table with name TABL
-a variable :ccname which has a value "Bottle"
The table is as follows:
+----------+---------+-------+--------+
| Name | Price | QTY | CODE |
+----------+---------+-------+--------+
| Rope | 3.6 | 35 | 236 |
| Chain | 2.8 | 15 | 237 |
| Paper | 1.6 | 45 | 124 |
| Bottle | 4.5 | 41 | 478 |
| Bottle | 1.8 | 12 | 123 |
| Computer | 1450.75 | 71 | 784 |
| Spoon | 0.7 | 10 | 412 |
| Bottle | 1.3 | 15 | 781 |
| Rope | 0.9 | 14 | 965 |
+----------+---------+-------+--------+
Now I want to find the CODE from the variable :ccname with the higher quantity! So I translated like this:
SELECT CODE
FROM TABL
GROUP BY :ccname
WHERE QTY=MAX(QTY)
In a perfect world that would turn as a result 478.
In the SQL world what should I write in order to get 478?

Answer 1

You probably want something like that:
SELECT code
FROM TABL
WHERE Name=:ccname
ORDER BY QTY DESC
LIMIT 1
The idea is we find all rows of the table whose Name column is the same as the contents of the variable :ccname, then order them by the quantity in descending order, and filally we select first one, which has to be the one with the largest quantity because they are sorted in descending order.

Answer 2

Try this
SELECT CODE
FROM TABLENAme
WHERE QTY = (SELECT MAX(QTY) FROM TablName WHERE Name = :ccname)

Answer 3

Use ORDER BY, a proper WHERE, and the something to limit the result set to one row:
SELECT CODE
FROM TABL
WHERE name = :ccname
ORDER BY QTY DESC
FETCH FIRST 1 ROW ONLY;
Note: Some databases spell the ANSI standard FETCH FIRST 1 ROW ONLY as LIMIT or as SELECT TOP 1.

Answer 4

Depending on your specific database, you can use one of the following options to restrict your result set to a single value after ordering your existing columns through an ORDER BY clause:
SELECT TOP 1
LIMIT 1
FETCH FIRST 1 ROW ONLY
Syntax Examples
SELECT TOP 1 Code
FROM TABL
WHERE Name = :ccname
ORDER BY QTY DESC
or
SELECT Code
FROM TABL
WHERE Name = :ccname
ORDER BY QTY DESC
LIMIT 1
or
SELECT CODE
FROM TABL
WHERE Name = :ccname
ORDER BY QTY DESC
FETCH FIRST 1 ROW ONLY;

Answer 5

Using join can also effectively solve the question:
Select t1.Code
From TABL As t1 Join (
Select Name, Max(table.QTY) as MaxQTY
From TABL
Where Name = :ccname
Group by Name
) As t2
Where t1.QTY = t2.MaxQTY And t1.Name = t2.Name
Explanation:
You first calculate the maximum value for "Bottle" using the subquery and then join the two tables to select corresponding row with MaxQTY and same name.