Thanks, but using SELECT MAX(age) FROM contacts
only gives me the maximum age, not the person with that age. The table is tiny, changes very often and therefore indexes would be a waste of time. Thanks Richard -----Original Message----- From: Butch Bean [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 25 January 2002 20:04 To: DL Neil; Richard Morton; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Selecting the row with largest number in a column The fastest way I found would be: SELECT MAX(age) FROM contacts good luck bb -----Original Message----- From: DL Neil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 12:14 PM To: Richard Morton; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Selecting the row with largest number in a column Hello Richard, > I have a simple query, and a problem countless people must have had, I just > cannot work it out at the moment, I am new to MySQL; I hope you can help. > > My current statement looking at the manual. > SELECT * FROM contacts WHERE age=MAX(age); > > I started with: > mysql> select * from contacts where age=(select MAX(age) from contacts); > > > In escence I am trying to ascertain the details of the person who is oldest. > > Any suggestions.? Use the ORDER BY clause to show the table's records in inverted age order, then require only the first row: SELECT * FROM contacts ORDER BY age DESC LIMIT 1 Regards, =dn --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
