Question : Comparing the latest date

Hello Gurus,
Can i write a query to pull the nearest date i.E
tableA.seq.no tableA. ord_dt tableB. Coll_dt tableB.seq.no
101 05-10-2010 02-10-2010 101
101 05-10-2010 03-10-2010 101
101 05-10-2010 04-10-2010 101
101 05-10-2010 06-10-2010 101
I have the oracle DB.
ord_dt is coming from table A and coll_dt is coming from table B. I have to write the SQL where
I have to compare the Ord_dt to the nearest coll_dt and the condition is coll_dt should be less then ord_dt.
In the Above case the final result should look like
tableA.seq.no tableA. ord_dt tableB. Coll_dt tableB.seq.no
101 05-10-2010 04-10-2010 101
Is there any Sql work around this?

Answer : Comparing the latest date

Try this:

If you want to fetch more columns, then kindly post the entire query so that we can fix it out..

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SELECT tableA.seq_no, tableA.ord_dt, MAX(tableB.Coll_dt) as col1_dt
FROM tableA inner join tableB on tableA.seq_no = tableB.seq.no
WHERE tableA.ord_dt <= tableA.ord_dt
GROUP BY tableA.seq_no, tableA.ord_dt