Select row with most recent date per user
MysqlSqlGreatest N-per-GroupMysql Problem Overview
I have a table ("lms_attendance") of users' check-in and out times that looks like this:
id user time io (enum)
1 9 1370931202 out
2 9 1370931664 out
3 6 1370932128 out
4 12 1370932128 out
5 12 1370933037 in
I'm trying to create a view of this table that would output only the most recent record per user id, while giving me the "in" or "out" value, so something like:
id user time io
2 9 1370931664 out
3 6 1370932128 out
5 12 1370933037 in
I'm pretty close so far, but I realized that views won't accept subquerys, which is making it a lot harder. The closest query I got was :
select
`lms_attendance`.`id` AS `id`,
`lms_attendance`.`user` AS `user`,
max(`lms_attendance`.`time`) AS `time`,
`lms_attendance`.`io` AS `io`
from `lms_attendance`
group by
`lms_attendance`.`user`,
`lms_attendance`.`io`
But what I get is :
id user time io
3 6 1370932128 out
1 9 1370931664 out
5 12 1370933037 in
4 12 1370932128 out
Which is close, but not perfect. I know that last group by shouldn't be there, but without it, it returns the most recent time, but not with it's relative IO value.
Any ideas? Thanks!
Mysql Solutions
Solution 1 - Mysql
Query:
SELECT t1.*
FROM lms_attendance t1
WHERE t1.time = (SELECT MAX(t2.time)
FROM lms_attendance t2
WHERE t2.user = t1.user)
Result:
| ID | USER | TIME | IO |
--------------------------------
| 2 | 9 | 1370931664 | out |
| 3 | 6 | 1370932128 | out |
| 5 | 12 | 1370933037 | in |
Note that if a user has multiple records with the same "maximum" time, the query above will return more than one record. If you only want 1 record per user, use the query below:
SELECT t1.*
FROM lms_attendance t1
WHERE t1.id = (SELECT t2.id
FROM lms_attendance t2
WHERE t2.user = t1.user
ORDER BY t2.id DESC
LIMIT 1)
Solution 2 - Mysql
No need to trying reinvent the wheel, as this is common greatest-n-per-group problem. Very nice solution is presented.
I prefer the most simplistic solution (see SQLFiddle, updated Justin's) without subqueries (thus easy to use in views):
SELECT t1.*
FROM lms_attendance AS t1
LEFT OUTER JOIN lms_attendance AS t2
ON t1.user = t2.user
AND (t1.time < t2.time
OR (t1.time = t2.time AND t1.Id < t2.Id))
WHERE t2.user IS NULL
This also works in a case where there are two different records with the same greatest value within the same group - thanks to the trick with (t1.time = t2.time AND t1.Id < t2.Id). All I am doing here is to assure that in case when two records of the same user have same time only one is chosen. Doesn't actually matter if the criteria is Id or something else - basically any criteria that is guaranteed to be unique would make the job here.
Solution 3 - Mysql
Based in @TMS answer, I like it because there's no need for subqueries but I think ommiting the 'OR' part will be sufficient and much simpler to understand and read.
SELECT t1.*
FROM lms_attendance AS t1
LEFT JOIN lms_attendance AS t2
ON t1.user = t2.user
AND t1.time < t2.time
WHERE t2.user IS NULL
if you are not interested in rows with null times you can filter them in the WHERE clause:
SELECT t1.*
FROM lms_attendance AS t1
LEFT JOIN lms_attendance AS t2
ON t1.user = t2.user
AND t1.time < t2.time
WHERE t2.user IS NULL and t1.time IS NOT NULL
Solution 4 - Mysql
Already solved, but just for the record, another approach would be to create two views...
CREATE TABLE lms_attendance
(id int, user int, time int, io varchar(3));
CREATE VIEW latest_all AS
SELECT la.user, max(la.time) time
FROM lms_attendance la
GROUP BY la.user;
CREATE VIEW latest_io AS
SELECT la.*
FROM lms_attendance la
JOIN latest_all lall
ON lall.user = la.user
AND lall.time = la.time;
INSERT INTO lms_attendance
VALUES
(1, 9, 1370931202, 'out'),
(2, 9, 1370931664, 'out'),
(3, 6, 1370932128, 'out'),
(4, 12, 1370932128, 'out'),
(5, 12, 1370933037, 'in');
SELECT * FROM latest_io;
Solution 5 - Mysql
If your on MySQL 8.0 or higher you can use Window functions:
Query:
SELECT DISTINCT
FIRST_VALUE(ID) OVER (PARTITION BY lms_attendance.USER ORDER BY lms_attendance.TIME DESC) AS ID,
FIRST_VALUE(USER) OVER (PARTITION BY lms_attendance.USER ORDER BY lms_attendance.TIME DESC) AS USER,
FIRST_VALUE(TIME) OVER (PARTITION BY lms_attendance.USER ORDER BY lms_attendance.TIME DESC) AS TIME,
FIRST_VALUE(IO) OVER (PARTITION BY lms_attendance.USER ORDER BY lms_attendance.TIME DESC) AS IO
FROM lms_attendance;
Result:
| ID | USER | TIME | IO |
--------------------------------
| 2 | 9 | 1370931664 | out |
| 3 | 6 | 1370932128 | out |
| 5 | 12 | 1370933037 | in |
The advantage I see over using the solution proposed by Justin is that it enables you to select the row with the most recent data per user (or per id, or per whatever) even from subqueries without the need for an intermediate view or table.
And in case your running a HANA it is also ~7 times faster :D
Solution 6 - Mysql
Ok, this might be either a hack or error-prone, but somehow this is working as well-
SELECT id, MAX(user) as user, MAX(time) as time, MAX(io) as io FROM lms_attendance GROUP BY id;
Solution 7 - Mysql
select b.* from
(select
`lms_attendance`.`user` AS `user`,
max(`lms_attendance`.`time`) AS `time`
from `lms_attendance`
group by
`lms_attendance`.`user`) a
join
(select *
from `lms_attendance` ) b
on a.user = b.user
and a.time = b.time
Solution 8 - Mysql
I have tried one solution which works for me
SELECT user, MAX(TIME) as time
FROM lms_attendance
GROUP by user
HAVING MAX(time)
Solution 9 - Mysql
select result from (
select vorsteuerid as result, count(*) as anzahl from kreditorenrechnung where kundeid = 7148
group by vorsteuerid
) a order by anzahl desc limit 0,1
Solution 10 - Mysql
I have done same thing like below
SELECT t1.* FROM lms_attendance t1 WHERE t1.id in (SELECT max(t2.id) as id FROM lms_attendance t2 group BY t2.user)
This will also reduce memory utilization.
Thanks.
Solution 11 - Mysql
Possibly you can do group by user and then order by time desc. Something like as below
SELECT * FROM lms_attendance group by user order by time desc;
Solution 12 - Mysql
Try this query:
select id,user, max(time), io
FROM lms_attendance group by user;
Solution 13 - Mysql
This worked for me:
SELECT user, time FROM
(
SELECT user, time FROM lms_attendance --where clause
) AS T
WHERE (SELECT COUNT(0) FROM table WHERE user = T.user AND time > T.time) = 0
ORDER BY user ASC, time DESC