Question

I have an SQL query like this:

SELECT DISTINCT NewsID, UserID, PoliticianID
FROM Votes
WHERE UserID = 1010

And result looks like this:

NewsID | UserID | PoliticianID
40       1010     3
40       1010     10
38       1010     27
39       1010     27
40       1010     35

Is there a way to get number 27 from my example above with SQL?
I would like to get PoliticianID that has been voted most by a user.

Answer 1

You can try this

I have created a new TEMP Table that holds your query and gives you the result as required.

SELECT TOP 1 PoliticianID, COUNT(PoliticianID) AS CNT
FROM 
    (SELECT DISTINCT NewsID, UserID, PoliticianID
     FROM Votes
     WHERE UserID = 1010) AS tempT
GROUP BY PoliticianID
ORDER BY CNT DESC