Not until version 4.1 > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter Vertes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 8:43 AM > To: MySQL Help List (E-mail) > Subject: Nested MySQL Statements > > > Hello All, > > Is it possible to do nested select statements with MySQL > ? Basically I'm trying to display the last 5 rows that got > inserted into a table. My SQL query looks like this: > > select * from tablename limit ((select count(*) from > tablename) - 5), -1; > > In theory it works for me :) but MySQL complains. Is it > possible to do nested queries with MySQL ? Does anyone have > a better way of displaying the last x amount of rows inserted > into a table ? Thanks in advance... > > -Pete > > Peter Vertes > Beast Financial Systems > 404 Fifth Avenue > New York, NY > 10018 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > > >
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