Subject Query question
Author Marcin Bury
Hello All

I have two tables in master-detail relation:
ITEMS
Item_ID
Item_Name
Item_Desc
Item_EntryDate

DETAILS
ID
Item_ID
Some_Code_1
Some_Code_2
Some_Integer_Value

I would like to query both DETAILS and ITEMS tables like this:

SELECT I.Item_ID, I.Item_Name,
D.Some_Code_1, D.Some_Code_2, D.Some_Integer_Value
From DETAILS D
Left Join ITEMS I ON (I.ITEM_ID = D.ITEM_ID)
where I.Item_EntryDate between :D1 and :D2

but here is the most important thing:

the query should return only one DETAIL record for each Item_ID - this
one with the highest value of Some_Integer_Value column.

Is it possible at all not using procedures or 'execute block' methods?
Maybe CTE might be helpfull here? But CTE is quite new feature for me
and I don't know how to start using it...

Thanks in advance for any clues

Marcin