Re: Selecting table row with latest date - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Rob Sargent
Subject Re: Selecting table row with latest date
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Msg-id B0C5781A-21C6-4C0D-B867-25CE8118B466@gmail.com
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In response to Re: Selecting table row with latest date  (Rich Shepard <rshepard@appl-ecosys.com>)
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> On Aug 19, 2021, at 11:20 AM, Rich Shepard <rshepard@appl-ecosys.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 19 Aug 2021, Rob Sargent wrote:
>
>> sorry, wasn’t clear: person_nbr, next_contact
>> On the premise that there can only be one next date.
>
> Rob,
>
> I wasn't sufficiently clear. The contacts table has a row for each
> (person_nbr, contact_date). For each row there's also either a next_contact
> date or that column is null (e.g., pandemic-related no longer at that
> company).
>

Yeah, I get that each person may have been contacted more than once for a history of contacting.  I just feel that
“next_contact”doesn’t belong there. 
> Regards,
>
> Rich
>
>




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