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Home > Forums > Programmers > DBMS Packages > Microsoft SQL Server: Programming Forum

SQL Query Question

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grimmy (MIS)

25 Jun 00 10:18

Hello,
I am an NT4 administrator by trade but I am studying Relational Databases as part of my O.U and I have a question I am struggling on which is probably a piece of cake to you guys. Any help would be greatly appreciated. The question is:-
Give the name and the population growth of the country in the population table that achieved the highest growth between 1960 and 1980(based on the difference between those two dates.

Population Table  (Only Some of it)
           POP.1960      POP.1980     DIFFERENCE
Germany    72673         78395        +5722
Greece     8327          9646         +1319
Spain      30303         37458        +7155
France     45684         53788        +8104

So obviously above the query would give an answer of France but I just need the SQL query that will extract the info required.

Thanks in anticipation.....Paul.

MalcolmW (Programmer)

26 Jun 00 12:00

Just so that you have to do some of the work, use the Max function, which can be used with a expression, not just a field.

Malcolm Wynden
wynden@island.dot.net

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