SQL query to only return the rows that have the highest value in a certain column

Question

I have a database I'm working on and I'm trying to figure out how to return every row that has the highest number in a specific column.

                        SELECT * MAX(version_group_id) = max_version_group_id
                        FROM table
                        GROUP BY max_version_group_id
                        ORDER BY max_version_group_id DESC;`;

I keep getting syntax errors and can't find out what is wrong here. I'm fairly new to sql.

Answer 1

The question is not clear. If you want to select the rows whos column value is equal to the the highest column value of the table, use the following query:

SELECT *
FROM table
WHERE version_group_id = (
  SELECT MAX(version_group_id)
  FROM table
)

It has a subquery that finds out which value is the highest.

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The correct select syntax you try to implement is:

SELECT *, MAX(version_group_id) AS max_version_group_id