How to select max (field) and one more field from table?

Question

Hi experts!
I need to select maximum value of ENDDA from PA0023 and BRANC of max ENDDA.
How can I do that ?
When I trying this code:
This is the  code:
SELECT MAX( endda ) branc
  FROM pa0023
  INTO (pa0023-endda, pa0023-branc).
I get error message:
The field "PA0023~BRANC" from the SELECT list is missing
in the GROUP BY clause. Addition INTO wa or INTO (g1,...,gn)  is required.
So what is the problem?
Thanks forehead.

Answer 1

Hi
Though am not totally sure of your requirement, check below code samples without any syntax errors:
1. As per you current coding:
TABLES: pa0023.
SELECT MAX( endda ) branc
       FROM pa0023
       INTO (pa0023-endda, pa0023-branc)
       GROUP BY branc.
ENDSELECT.
2. Above code results only on one record where as the criteria can be more than one. Eg: for a specific data more than one record can exist. Below code helps you handle the same:
TABLES: pa0023.
TYPES: BEGIN OF t_pa0023,
         endda TYPE endda,
         branc TYPE brsch,
       END OF t_pa0023.
DATA: i_pa0023 TYPE TABLE OF t_pa0023,
      wa_pa0023 TYPE t_pa0023.
SELECT MAX( endda ) branc
       FROM pa0023
       INTO TABLE i_pa0023
       GROUP BY branc.
LOOP AT i_pa0023 INTO wa_pa0023.
ENDLOOP.
3. If the requirement is to get the Industry Key for the record with highest End Date. We can acheive it by using subquery something like:
TABLES: pa0023.
SELECT SINGLE endda branc
       FROM pa0023
       INTO (pa0023-endda, pa0023-branc)
       WHERE endda = ( SELECT MAX( endda ) FROM pa0023 ).
Kind Regards
Eswar