And if your MySQL version does NOT support sub queries you can probably just create a temporary table and then sort that one.
/Peter -----Original Message----- From: Peter Lauri [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 4:28 PM To: mysql@lists.mysql.com Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: FW: How to sort last n entries? Assuming your MySQL version supports sub queries you do like this. I have never done sub queries my self, but I know the theory :) SELECT * FROM table WHERE id = (SELECT id FROM table ORDER BY id DESC) ORDER BY date /Peter Lauri www.lauri.se - personal www.dwsasia.com - company (Web Development Bangkok Thailand) -----Original Message----- From: Dominik Klein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 3:41 PM To: mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: How to sort last n entries? I have a table with primary key "id". Another field is "date". Now I want the last n entries, sorted by "date". Is this possible in one SQL statement? Thanks for your help Dominik -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
