Two-table query

[filburt1]

I have a table called (for example) "votes" with the following structure:

"userid:" INT(10) UNSIGNED NOT NULL DEFAULT 0
"entryid:" INT(10) UNSIGNED NOT NULL DEFAULT 0

...with a unique grouping on those two columns.

It is related to another table I have called "entries" with the following general structure:

"entryid:" same as "votes"'s entryid column (the two tables relate to each other through this column)
"year": YEAR DEFAULT 1970
"month": INT(2) UNSIGNED DEFAULT 1
column4
column5
.
.
.

...plus some additional columns in "entries."

For each unique year/month combination, how can I find out which entry got the most number of votes?

For example, I believe this query gets the entryid and the associated entry data that has the most votes in the "votes" table for February 2005:
[sql]
SELECT v.entryid, COUNT(v.userid) AS votecount, e.column4, e.column5... FROM votes v, entries e WHERE v.entryid = e.entryid AND e.month = 2 AND e.year = 2005 ORDER BY votecount DESC LIMIT 1
[/sql]
Without querying in a loop, how can I extend the query so that it gets the winning entry for each month and year (i.e., the winner for February 2005, March 2005, etc.) instead of just one given month? I do not know how to do this given MySQL does not let you give ORDER BY power over GROUP BY.

[Dean C]

Can you post the full table structure for both tables please

[filburt1]

mysql> describe wdf_sotm_entry;
+-----------------+---------------------------------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
| Field           | Type                                  | Null | Key | Default | Extra          |
+-----------------+---------------------------------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
| entryid         | int(10) unsigned                      |      | PRI | NULL    | auto_increment |
| userid          | int(10) unsigned                      |      | MUL | 0       |                |
| month           | int(2) unsigned                       |      |     | 1       |                |
| year            | year(4)                               |      |     | 1970    |                |
| approvalstate   | enum('pending','approved','rejected') |      |     | pending |                |
| sitename        | varchar(255)                          |      |     |         |                |
| siteurl         | varchar(255)                          |      |     |         |                |
| sitedescription | mediumtext                            |      |     |         |                |
+-----------------+---------------------------------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
8 rows in set (0.19 sec)

mysql> describe wdf_sotm_vote;
+---------+------------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| Field   | Type             | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
+---------+------------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| userid  | int(10) unsigned |      | PRI | 0       |       |
| entryid | int(10) unsigned |      |     | 0       |       |
+---------+------------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
2 rows in set (0.08 sec)

[filburt1]

That would return the number of votes per entryid. I need to get the entryid that received the most votes for each month/year.

[Dean C]

Sorry, deleted my post before you got round to seeing it You got some test data? I'll have a play around in an hours time if you attach a zipped up sql file.

[filburt1]

Not for multiple months/years (only for the current month/year), but it should be fairly easy to add your own.