Join to only the "latest" record with t-sql - sql

Question

I've got two tables. Table "B" has a one to many relationship with Table "A", which means that there will be many records in table "B" for one record in table "A".
The records in table "B" are mainly differentiated by a date, I need to produce a resultset that includes the record in table "A" joined with only the latest record in table "B". For illustration purpose, here's a sample schema:
Table A
-------
ID
Table B
-------
ID
TableAID
RowDate
I'm having trouble formulating the query to give me the resultset I'm looking for any help would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

SELECT *
FROM tableA A
OUTER APPLY (SELECT TOP 1 *
FROM tableB B
WHERE A.ID = B.TableAID
ORDER BY B.RowDate DESC) as B

Answer 2

select a.*, bm.MaxRowDate
from (
select TableAID, max(RowDate) as MaxRowDate
from TableB
group by TableAID
) bm
inner join TableA a on bm.TableAID = a.ID
If you need more columns from TableB, do this:
select a.*, b.* --use explicit columns rather than * here
from (
select TableAID, max(RowDate) as MaxRowDate
from TableB
group by TableAID
) bm
inner join TableB b on bm.TableAID = b.TableAID
and bm.MaxRowDate = b.RowDate
inner join TableA a on bm.TableAID = a.ID

Answer 3

table B join is optional: it depends if there are other columns you want
SELECT
*
FROM
tableA A
JOIN
tableB B ON A.ID = B.TableAID
JOIN
(
SELECT Max(RowDate) AS MaxRowDate, TableAID
FROM tableB
GROUP BY TableAID
) foo ON B.TableAID = foo.TableAID AND B.RowDate= foo.MaxRowDate

Answer 4

With ABDateMap AS (
SELECT Max(RowDate) AS LastDate, TableAID FROM TableB GROUP BY TableAID
),
LatestBRow As (
SELECT MAX(ID) AS ID, TableAID FROM ABDateMap INNER JOIN TableB ON b.TableAID=a.ID AND b.RowDate = LastDate GROUP BY TableAID
)
SELECT columns
FROM TableA a
INNER JOIN LatestBRow m ON m.TableAID=a.ID
INNER JOIN TableB b on b.ID = m.ID

Answer 5

Just for the clarity's sake and to benefit those who will stumble upon this ancient question. The accepted answer would return duplicate rows if there are duplicate RowDate in Table B. A safer and more efficient way would be to utilize ROW_NUMBER():
Select a.*, b.* -- Use explicit column list rather than * here
From [Table A] a
Inner Join ( -- Use Left Join if the records missing from Table B are still required
Select *,
ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY TableAID ORDER BY RowDate DESC) As _RowNum
From [Table B]
) b
On b.TableAID = a.ID
Where b._RowNum = 1

Answer 6

Try using this:
BEGIN
DECLARE #TB1 AS TABLE (ID INT, NAME VARCHAR(30) )
DECLARE #TB2 AS TABLE (ID INT, ID_TB1 INT, PRICE DECIMAL(18,2))
INSERT INTO #TB1 (ID, NAME) VALUES (1, 'PRODUCT X')
INSERT INTO #TB1 (ID, NAME) VALUES (2, 'PRODUCT Y')
INSERT INTO #TB2 (ID, ID_TB1, PRICE) VALUES (1, 1, 3.99)
INSERT INTO #TB2 (ID, ID_TB1, PRICE) VALUES (2, 1, 4.99)
INSERT INTO #TB2 (ID, ID_TB1, PRICE) VALUES (3, 1, 5.99)
INSERT INTO #TB2 (ID, ID_TB1, PRICE) VALUES (1, 2, 0.99)
INSERT INTO #TB2 (ID, ID_TB1, PRICE) VALUES (2, 2, 1.99)
INSERT INTO #TB2 (ID, ID_TB1, PRICE) VALUES (3, 2, 2.99)
SELECT A.ID, A.NAME, B.PRICE
FROM #TB1 A
INNER JOIN #TB2 B ON A.ID = B.ID_TB1 AND B.ID = (SELECT MAX(ID) FROM #TB2 WHERE ID_TB1 = A.ID)
END

Answer 7

This will fetch the latest record with JOIN. I think this will help someone
SELECT cmp.*, lr_entry.lr_no FROM
(SELECT * FROM lr_entry ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT 1)
lr_entry JOIN companies as cmp ON cmp.id = lr_entry.company_id