Hi Erwin Try
Select afield from atable where index=(select max(index) from atable); []s Paulo Botelho ----- Original Message ----- From: "Erwin Hogeweg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 12:47 PM Subject: Neede MySQL query Equivalent. > Hi, > > Could somebody please help me with the following. I want an equivalent for: > select afield from atable where max(index) = index; > > I tried this, and that works, but it seems to me that there is a better > (cleaner) way to accomplish the same. > select afield from atable order by index desc limit1; > > > regards, > > Erwin > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
