RE: [PHP] most recent 5 rows
| From: | Jeff Lewis | Date: | Sat, 04 Aug 2001 11:38:38 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] most recent 5 rows | ||
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Sorry, forgot the ORDER BY, here is what you're looking for:
$sql = "SELECT * FROM news ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT 5";
In a list of numbers up to 10, this would return rows 6,7,8,9, and 10.
Jeff
www.hyrum.net
www.xnull.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Lewis [mailto:jeff@hyrum.net]
> Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2001 7:06 AM
> To: justin@indent.com.au
> Cc: php
> Subject: RE: [PHP] most recent 5 rows
>
>
> It will give you the 5 HIGHEST values in your auto incremented
> field. If it
> was returneding the first 5, or the wrong 5, repace the DESC with ASC.
>
> Jeff
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Justin French [mailto:justin@indent.com.au]
> > Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2001 6:09 AM
> > To: jeff@hyrum.net
> > Cc: php
> > Subject: Re: [PHP] most recent 5 rows
> >
> >
> > Jeff Lewis wrote:
> >
> > > Try this SQL Justin:
> > >
> > > $sql = "SELECT * FROM news DESC LIMIT 5";
> >
> >
> > Hrm,
> >
> > Won't that retrieve the FIRST 5 rows, not the LAST 5?
> >
> >
> > Justin French
> >
> >
>
>
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