Question

I’ve looked around and can’t quite grasp the whole answer to this SQL query question needed to extract data from an MS Access 2000 table.

Here’s an example of what the table [Time Sub] looks like:

**CLIENT_ID, DATE_ENTERED, CODE, MINUTES**  
11111, 5/12/2008 3:50:52 PM, M, 38  
11111, 5/12/2008 2:55:50 PM, M, 2  
11714, 5/13/2008 1:15:32 PM, M, 28  
11111, 5/13/2008 6:15:12 PM, W, 11  
11112, 5/12/2008 2:50:52 PM, M, 89  
11112, 5/12/2008 5:10:52 PM, M, 9  
91112, 5/14/2008 1:10:52 PM, L, 96
11112, 5/12/2008 5:11:52 PM, M, 12

I need to select the first entry of each day per client that’s NOT code L or W.

I know this can be done in a SQL statement, but I just can’t figure out how. I can get close, but never come up with the right output.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks,
Mike

Answer 1

I figured it out after using pieces of what everyone else had already done. Here’s what I came up with:

SELECT [Time sub].CLIENT_ID, 
       [Time sub].Code, 
       [Time sub].Minutes, 
       FirstDay.MinEntry

FROM [Time sub] 
     INNER JOIN [
        SELECT
         [Time sub].CLIENT_ID,
         MIN([Time sub].[Date_Entered]) AS MinEntry

        FROM
         [Time sub]

        WHERE
          [Time sub].Code NOT IN ("T", "L")

       GROUP BY
          [Time sub].CLIENT_ID,
          DateValue([Time sub].[Date_Entered])

 ].AS FirstDay 

 ON FirstDay.MinEntry = [Time sub].[Date_Entered]

 ORDER BY FirstDay.MinEntry, [Time sub].CLIENT_ID;