sql query for many to one relationship

Question

I have a table with 3 columns

table: StaffDepartmentAssgnment

StaffId         DepartmentId          AssignedFromDate

S1              Dept1                 2013-02-08
S2              Dept1                 2013-02-08
S3              Dept2                 2013-02-01 
S1              Dept2                 2013-02-01

I want to find out all the StaffIds which are currently in Dept2.How do i write a query for it?

Answer 1

This is a DB engine independent solution

select * from 
( 
   select StaffId, max(AssignedFromDate) as adate
   from StaffDepartmentAssgnment 
   group by staffid
) x
inner join StaffDepartmentAssgnment y
      on y.staffid = x.staffid and adate = y.AssignedFromDate
where DepartmentId = 'dept2'

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