select id from table order by id desc limit 5000
Adam On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 1:52 PM, Ian Hardingham <i...@omroth.com> wrote: > Hey guys. > > I have a table with an autoincrement primary ID, and as part of a select > I would like to only take the 5000 "largest"/most recent ids. Is there > a quick way of doing this without having to get the max first? > > Thanks, > Ian > _______________________________________________ > sqlite-users mailing list > sqlite-users@sqlite.org > http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users > -- VerifEye Technologies Inc. 905-948-0015x245 151 Whitehall Dr, Unit 2 Markham ON, L3R 9T1 Canada _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users