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#48485: The book recommends to use separate queries for achieving the goal ("Follow the Single-Value Rule to avoid ambiguous query result"). Sugges...more...
Bill Karwin says: Using windowing functions is a valid solution, thanks for the suggestion. But unfortunately space restrictions prevent me from adding another solution to the chapter. 		P2.0
10-Jan-12