This is what I use in those situations:
select * from TABLE_NAME order by ID desc limit 1;
On Fri, Sep 07, at 01:43pm, Chris Aitken ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Just quickly,
>
> Im managing to do this, but I can see that the method im using is not as
> efficient as it could be. What I want to do is this.... Make a query which
> will grab the record in a table that has the highest ID number. The ID
> field is auto incremental so what its saying is that the record with the
> highest ID field is the newest record.....
>
> Any suggestions on how I can do this efficiently ?
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
> Chris
>
>
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