For best performance i prefer this way (it's faster):
SELECT MAX(price) FROM shop;
rather than
SELECT price FROM shop ORDER BY price DESC LIMIT 1;
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In second case MySQL must select all records from table, sort it and then apply
LIMIT (it's must be logicaly slower than first one)
Michal Dvoracek [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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