Select only most recent payment

I'm using ACCESS 2003. I'm trying to run a query to list a contributor's
most recent payment of multiple payments per contributor. Following is the
query that I used:

SELECT DISTINCTROW Contributor.NamePart1, Contributor.NamePart2,
Contributor.Status, Payment.PaymentDate, Payment.Amount
FROM Contributor INNER JOIN Payment ON Contributor.ContributorID =
Payment.ContributorID
WHERE (((Contributor.Status)<>"Inactive"))
GROUP BY Contributor.NamePart1, Contributor.NamePart2, Contributor.Status,
Payment.PaymentDate, Payment.Amount
HAVING (([Payment].[PaymentDate]=Max([Payment].[PaymentDate])))

The query runs, but isn't selective. It lists all payments for each
contributor, not just the most recent one.

I would very much appreciate any help!

Helen

Hi Helen,

I believe you will need a subquery to solve this problem. Try Access MVP
Allen Browne's tutorials on subqueries:

Subquery basics
http://allenbrowne.com/subquery-01.html

Surviving Subqueries
http://allenbrowne.com/subquery-02.html



Tom Wickerath
Microsoft Access MVP
http://www.accessmvp.com/TWickerath/
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"Helen" wrote in message


I'm using ACCESS 2003. I'm trying to run a query to list a contributor's
most recent payment of multiple payments per contributor. Following is the
query that I used:

SELECT DISTINCTROW Contributor.NamePart1, Contributor.NamePart2,
Contributor.Status, Payment.PaymentDate, Payment.Amount
FROM Contributor INNER JOIN Payment ON Contributor.ContributorID =
Payment.ContributorID
WHERE (((Contributor.Status)<>"Inactive"))
GROUP BY Contributor.NamePart1, Contributor.NamePart2, Contributor.Status,
Payment.PaymentDate, Payment.Amount
HAVING (([Payment].[PaymentDate]=Max([Payment].[PaymentDate])))

The query runs, but isn't selective. It lists all payments for each
contributor, not just the most recent one.

I would very much appreciate any help!

Helen