You are correct. So that maybe leaves you with a temporary table then :) -----Original Message----- From: Dominik Klein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 4:45 PM To: mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: Re: How to sort last n entries?
Peter Lauri schrieb: > SELECT * FROM table WHERE id=(SELECT id FROM table ORDER BY id DESC) ORDER > BY date This does not limit it to n entries (order by date limit n is not sufficient as I need last (highest) n ids). And afaik, limit is not allowed in sub-queries. -- 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]
