Question : How o get most recent record from history?

OK, another newbie question here. Picture a table with three fields:

EmpNum      EffDate      Rate
1234      12/1/04      10.00
1234      4/25/05      15.00
1234      6/15/05      18.00
1234      8/17/05      21.50
1234      11/20/03      5.50

I want to get the current rate for an employee. I set up a query with totals. the fields in the query are:

              EmpNum   EffDate    Rate

Total:     Group By    Max        Last
Sort        Asc           Asc

If you want to see the SQL statement Access created it's:
SELECT Rates.EmpNum, Max(Rates.EffDate) AS MaxOfEffDate, Last(Rates.Rate) AS LastOfRate
FROM Rates
GROUP BY Rates.EmpNum
ORDER BY Rates.EmpNum, Max(Rates.EffDate);

As expected, it returns 8/17/2005 for the EffDate, but returns 5.5 for the rate, not the 21.50 that corresponds to the most current record. I've also tried the other options for Total, but nothing works. How do I get the rate field to come from the most recent record?

I'm sure this is a no-brainer for you experienced Access users, but I'm stumped. In addition to an answer, I'm also open for suggestions as to how many points it should be worth.

Thanks,
Dino

Answer : How o get most recent record from history?

I can't believe I did that - and that I just spent several minutes wondering why.
"The subquery is sound" I'm telling myself.
There's nothing wrong with it.
No.
Of course there isn't.
Of course there's everything wrong with where I have it.

SELECT EmpNum, Rate, EffDate FROM Rates WHERE EffDate = (SELECT MAX(EffDate) FROM Rates AS R WHERE R.EmpNum = Rates.EmpNum)

Better!