in reply to MySQL question
To get the highest number, you can just order by version in descending order:
SELECT title, doc_num ORDER by version DESC
Or is there a particular reason you want to use MAX?
Also, if you just want the one with the latest version, then you can use the LIMIT clause to get only one result:
SELECT title, doc_num ORDER by version DESC LIMIT 1
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