select VALUE from TABLE1 where TIME = 
   (select max(TIME) from TABLE1 where DATE= 
   (select max(DATE) from TABLE1 where CRITERIA=CRITERIA))

select userid, value, date
  from thetable t1 ,
       ( select t2.userid, max(t2.date) date2 
           from thetable t2 
          group by t2.userid ) t3
 where t3.userid t1.userid and
       t3.date2 = t1.date

恕我直言，这是可行的。HTH

我知道你要求使用Oracle，但是在SQL 2005中我们现在使用这个:

-- Single Value
;WITH ByDate
AS (
SELECT UserId, Value, ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY UserId ORDER BY Date DESC) RowNum
FROM UserDates
)
SELECT UserId, Value
FROM ByDate
WHERE RowNum = 1

-- Multiple values where dates match
;WITH ByDate
AS (
SELECT UserId, Value, RANK() OVER (PARTITION BY UserId ORDER BY Date DESC) Rnk
FROM UserDates
)
SELECT UserId, Value
FROM ByDate
WHERE Rnk = 1

这也会处理重复的数据(为每个user_id返回一行):

SELECT *
FROM (
  SELECT u.*, FIRST_VALUE(u.rowid) OVER(PARTITION BY u.user_id ORDER BY u.date DESC) AS last_rowid
  FROM users u
) u2
WHERE u2.rowid = u2.last_rowid

以下查询可以工作:

SELECT user_id, value, date , row_number() OVER (PARTITION BY user_id ORDER BY date desc) AS rn
FROM table_name
WHERE rn= 1

首先，我看错了问题，下面是一个完整的例子，结果是正确的:

CREATE TABLE table_name (id int, the_value varchar(2), the_date datetime);

INSERT INTO table_name (id,the_value,the_date) VALUES(1 ,'a','1/1/2000');
INSERT INTO table_name (id,the_value,the_date) VALUES(1 ,'b','2/2/2002');
INSERT INTO table_name (id,the_value,the_date) VALUES(2 ,'c','1/1/2000');
INSERT INTO table_name (id,the_value,the_date) VALUES(2 ,'d','3/3/2003');
INSERT INTO table_name (id,the_value,the_date) VALUES(2 ,'e','3/3/2003');

--

  select id, the_value
      from table_name u1
      where the_date = (select max(the_date)
                     from table_name u2
                     where u1.id = u2.id)

--

id          the_value
----------- ---------
2           d
2           e
1           b

(3 row(s) affected)