Предполагается, по крайней мере, SQL Server 2005
DECLARE @T TABLE (ObjID INT,Color VARCHAR(10),[Date] DATETIME,[User] VARCHAR(50))
INSERT INTO @T
SELECT 1,'Red',' 2010-01-01 12:22:00.000','Joe' UNION ALL
SELECT 1,'Blue','2010-01-02 15:22:00.000','Jill' UNION ALL
SELECT 1,'Green',' 2010-01-03 16:22:00.000','Joe' UNION ALL
SELECT 1,'White',' 2010-01-10 09:22:00.000','Mike' UNION ALL
SELECT 2,'Red',' 2010-01-09 10:22:00.000','Mike' UNION ALL
SELECT 2,'Blue','2010-01-12 09:22:00.000','Jill' UNION ALL
SELECT 2,'Orange','2010-01-12 15:22:00.000','Joe'
;WITH T AS
(
SELECT *,
ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY ObjID ORDER BY Date DESC) AS RN
FROM @T
)
SELECT ObjID,
Color,
[Date],
[User]
FROM T
WHERE RN=1
Или метод SQL Server 2000 из статьи, ссылки на которую есть в комментариях
SELECT ObjID,
CAST(SUBSTRING(string, 24, 33) AS VARCHAR(10)) AS Color,
CAST(SUBSTRING(string, 1, 23) AS DATETIME ) AS [Date],
CAST(SUBSTRING(string, 34, 83) AS VARCHAR(50)) AS [User]
FROM
(
SELECT ObjID,
MAX((CONVERT(CHAR(23), [Date], 126)
+ CAST(Color AS CHAR(10))
+ CAST([User] AS CHAR(50))) COLLATE Latin1_General_BIN) AS string
FROM @T
GROUP BY ObjID) T;