SQL how to find the rows that have the highest value of a specific column

Question

For example, the table has columns MYINDEX and NAME.

MYINDEX | NAME
=================
1       | BOB
2       | BOB
3       | CHARLES

Ho, will I find the row with the highest MYINDEX for a particular NAME? For instance. I want to find ROW-2 for the name "BOB".

Answer 1

SELECT Max(MYINDEX) FROM table WHERE NAME = [insertNameHere]

EDIT: to get the whole line:

Select * //never do this really
From Table
Where MYINDEX = (Select Max(MYINDEX) From Table Where Name = [InsertNameHere]

Answer 2

SELECT MAX(MYINDEX) FROM table
WHERE NAME = 'BOB'

For the entire line, do:

SELECT * FROM table
WHERE NAME = 'BOB'
AND MyIndex = (SELECT Max(MYINDEX) from table WHERE NAME = 'BOB')

Answer 3

. , , , , MAX(my_index) ... GROUP BY name . :

SELECT
    MT.name,
    MT.my_index
FROM
(
    SELECT
        name,
        MAX(my_index) AS max_my_index
    FROM
        My_Table
    GROUP BY
        name
) SQ
INNER JOIN My_Table MT ON
    MT.name = SQ.name AND
    MT.my_index = SQ.max_my_index

:

SELECT
    MT1.name,
    MT1.my_index
FROM
    My_Table MT1
WHERE
    NOT EXISTS
    (
        SELECT *
        FROM
            My_Table MT2
        WHERE
            MT2.name = MT1.name AND
            MT2.my_index > MT1.my_index
    )

Answer 4

name = 'Bob', :

SELECT MAX(MYINDEX) AS [MaxIndex]
FROM myTable
WHERE Name = 'Bob'

Answer 5

If you want to skip the inner join, you can do:

SELECT * FROM table WHERE NAME = 'BOB' ORDER BY MYINDEX DESC LIMIT 1;

Answer 6

Using

FROM TABLE SELECT MAX(MYINDEX), NAME GROUP BY NAME