How about select ID, X, Y, Z from USERS order by ID desc limit 1
Tim -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 5:47 PM To: mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: MAX() and GROUP BY question Hello everybody Can you explain me please how to get the entire row where ID is maximum per given status_id Mysql 4.0.xx for example: id status_id name date 6 3 name0 date0 5 1 name1 date1 7 4 name3 date3 10 3 name2 date2 If I execute SELECT MAX(id), status, name, date FROM table_name WHERE status=3 GROUP BY staus_id or SELECT MAX(id), status, name, date GROUP BY staus_id only id and status_id will be returned correctly, while name and date can well be from another row for example: 10 3 name0 date0 Thanks a lot for any suggestions Yannis -- 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]
