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Tristan Howard
Tristan Howard

Reputation: 5

MS Access SQL Query

I am new to SQL and attempting to display a max value from a column as well as display a separate column from the same table, however, my query doesn't work.

Here is my code:

    SELECT ProductName, ProductPrice, MAX(ProductPrice) AS MostProfitable
    FROM tblProducts;

I receive this error:

"Your query does not include the specified expression 'ProductName' as part of an aggregate function."

Please Help!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 113

Answers (3)

Hamees A. Khan
Hamees A. Khan

Reputation: 136

None of the functions of column would work until you GROUP your rows.

That is, your MAX() function will not work because you have not used GROUP.

Here is the SQL that should work:

SELECT ProductName, ProductPrice, MAX(ProductPrice) AS MostProfitable
FROM tblProducts GROUP BY ProductName;

I would suggest you to add your Product ID in your SQL query and GROUP the query on it. But for the instance, I have grouped your query on ProductName.

Remember, its not professional. Because different products having same name will also be combined to show one MAX value.

Upvotes: 0

Hasan Gholamali
Hasan Gholamali

Reputation: 633

You don't need any aggregation function just get it like below:

SELECT TOP(1) ProductName, ProductPrice
FROM tblProducts
ORDER BY ProductPrice DESC;

Upvotes: 0

Gordon Linoff
Gordon Linoff

Reputation: 1271141

A simple method to get all the columns to use ORDER BY and TOP:

SELECT TOP (1) p.*
FROM tblProducts as p 
ORDER BY p.ProductPrice DESC;

Note that TOP in MS Access can return more rows if there are ties. If you want only one row, then include an additional key in the ORDER BY to prevent ties:

ORDER BY p.ProductPrice DESC, p.ProductName;

Upvotes: 1

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