LAST function in ACCESS, what's in Oracle ?

Question

Hi
Does anyone know what would be a equivalent of LAST function in Access to Oracle ?
In Access, the Last function returns the last value from the result set of a query.
The syntax for the Last function is:
Last ( expression )
expression is the value that you'd like to return from the result set. The Last function only returns the last value in the result set.
Thanks,
Amrik

Answer 1

Some alternative way:
SQL> select ename, deptno, sal from emp order by deptno, sal, ename desc;
ENAME          DEPTNO        SAL
MILLER             10       1300
CLARK              10       2450
KING               10       5000
SMITH              20       1000
ADAMS              20       1100
JONES              20       2975
SCOTT              20       3000
FORD               20       3000
JAMES              30       1120
MARTIN             30       1250
WARD               30       1450
TURNER             30       1500
ALLEN              30       1800
BLAKE              30       2850
14 rows selected.
SQL> SELECT ename
  2    FROM (
  3  SELECT ename,
  4         ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY deptno ORDER BY sal desc, ename) AS rnum
  5    FROM emp
  6  )
  7  WHERE rnum = 1;
ENAME
KING
FORD
BLAKE
SQL> select max(ename) KEEP (DENSE_RANK LAST ORDER BY sal, ename desc) from emp
  2  group by deptno;
MAX(ENAME)
KING
FORD
BLAKE
 Rgds.