On 9/14/06, Marl Atkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
That's one of the nice aspects of Open Source
You get Open Assistance :) or Open Support however you want to call it.
This would only work if the ID field is an Identity.
As it happens, it IS so this should work for me too.
THREE answers to my problem.
That's one of the nice aspects of Open Source
You get Open Assistance :) or Open Support however you want to call it.
You guys are good THANKS!!
-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Scott [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 7:28 PM
To: Derby Discussion
Subject: Re: Top 1 - Limit 1
I think the IDENTITY_VAL_LOCAL() function is what Marl is actually looking
for. http://db.apache.org/derby/docs/10.1/ref/rrefidentityvallocal.html
Dan
On 14/09/06, Bernt M. Johnsen < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Marl Atkins wrote:
> > Hi:
> >
> > I'm searching the docs and can't find it.
> > Is there a way to limit the number of records in the result like:
> >
> > Sql Server: Select Top 1 * From MyRecs ORDER BY ID DESC
> > MySql: Select * From MyRecs ORDER BY ID DESC LIMIT 1
> >
> > Basically, I need the ID of the last record inserted.
> > How can I get that?
>
> e.g. by calling stmt.setMaxRows(1);
>
> but it will not give you the *last* record inserted (SQL is a set
> language!). It will give you the row with the *highest* ID.
>
> What about
>
> select * from MyRecs where ID in (select max(ID) from MyRecs)
>
>
> >
> > Marl K. Atkins
> > Microsoft Certified Professional
> > SoftLink Systems, Inc.
> > (407) 388-1886
> >
>
>
> --
> Bernt Marius Johnsen, Database Technology Group, Staff Engineer,
> Technical Lead Derby/Java DB Sun Microsystems, Trondheim, Norway
>
