Column 'ACCOUNT.ACCOUNT_ID' is invalid in the select list because it is not contained in either an aggregate function or the GROUP BY clause - sql-server

Question

I am trying to get available balance on last(max) date. I am trying to write below query but it is showing error.
select ACCOUNT_ID,AVAIL_BALANCE,OPEN_DATE,MAX(LAST_ACTIVITY_DATE)
from ACCOUNT
group by CUST_ID;
Column 'ACCOUNT.ACCOUNT_ID' is invalid in the select list because it
is not contained in either an aggregate function or the GROUP BY
clause.
I am new to sql. Can anyone let me know where I am wrong in this query?

Answer 1

Any column not having a calculation/function on it must be in the GROUP BY clause.
select ACCOUNT_ID,AVAIL_BALANCE,OPEN_DATE,MAX(LAST_ACTIVITY_DATE)
from ACCOUNT
group by ACCOUNT_ID,AVAIL_BALANCE,OPEN_DATE;

Answer 2

If you're wanting the most recent row for each customer, think ROW_NUMBER(), not GROUP BY:
;With Numbered as (
select *,ROW_NUMBER() OVER (
PARTITION BY CUST_ID
ORDER BY LAST_ACTIVITY_DATE desc) rn
from Account
)
select ACCOUNT_ID,AVAIL_BALANCE,OPEN_DATE,LAST_ACTIVITY_DATE
from Numbered
where rn=1

Answer 3

I think you want to select one records having max(LAST_ACTIVITY_DATE) for each CUST_ID.
For this you can use TOP 1 WITH TIES like following.
SELECT TOP 1 WITH TIES account_id,
avail_balance,
open_date,
last_activity_date
FROM account
ORDER BY Row_number()
OVER (
partition BY cust_id
ORDER BY last_activity_date DESC)
Issue with your query is, you can't select non aggregated column in select if you don't specify those columns in group by

Answer 4

If you want to get the max activity date for a customer then your query should be as below
select CUST_ID, MAX(LAST_ACTIVITY_DATE)
from ACCOUNT
group by CUST_ID;
You can't select any other column which is not in the group by clause. The error message also giving the same message.

Answer 5

with query(CUST_ID, LAST_ACTIVITY_DATE) as
(
select
CUST_ID,
MAX(LAST_ACTIVITY_DATE) as LAST_ACTIVITY_DATE
from ACCOUNT
group by CUST_ID
)
select
a.ACCOUNT_ID,
a.AVAIL_BALANCE,
a.OPEN_DATE,
a.LAST_ACTIVITY_DATE
from ACCOUNT as a
inner join query as q
on a.CUST_ID = q.CUST_ID
and a.LAST_ACTIVITY_DATE = q.LAST_ACTIVITY_DATE