I think you need to add some kind of uniqueness to your table. Either a date column (dates are only accurate to the nearest second which may not be fine enough precision for your situation) or an auto_incremented integer-type column (make sure you select the correct storage size for your data). That extra bit of information (I prefer the auto_increment-ed column) will help tremendously to solve your particular issue.
As the database administrator it is sometimes necessary to actually store MORE information than what the users want just so that the users can get at their information in useful and convenient ways. I believe this is one of those situations. Shawn Green Database Administrator Unimin Corporation - Spruce Pine "N. Kavithashree" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 12/02/2004 04:38:56 AM: > > hello, > > > ususally we use : > > select * from table limit 50; > > This will display the rows which were entered first the table created > (i..e, that end); > > if i wnat to select from the other side then what should i use ? > > if there is a serial no column like id or some autoincremt column or DATE > then we can query on desc order or date wise . > > > other than that if i hv just 2-3 fields in my table(name, city,phone). i > want to retrieve the records from top end (oldest 10) or from the other > end (latest 50) ----------How to select then? > > > i also want anybody to tell if they know : is there any way to select from > particular row no to other....eg. row 10 to row 30 ? like this? > > > > ==================================================== > N. Kavithashree > =================================================== > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] >
