re: newbie sql statement help

ROUP BY id ORDER BY id DESC;"; $result = $db->Execute($SQL); Something like this might be what you're looking for. I don't understand exactly how you want to order/choose students, but you might just need order by firm rank first,

3.23.41: auto_increment bug with TRIPLE primary key? (really strange)

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