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sql max of two values

-- For SQL Server >= 2008
SELECT [Other Fields],
  (SELECT Max(v) 
   FROM (VALUES (date1), (date2), (date3),...) AS value(v)) as [MaxDate]
FROM [YourTableName]

/* Note (from comments): From value(v), "value" is the alias for the 
 * virtual table and "v" is the name of the virtual column of the date values.
 */

2 max value in sql

SELECT MAX (column_name) 
FROM table_name 
WHERE column_name NOT IN (SELECT Max (column_name) 
                          FROM table_name);