RE: [PHP] Getting the last record in a mysql table FINALLY!!

Also, PHP has a built in function for finding the ID of the last insert query. ill show some brief code. $query = ("insert into tbl_blah (fld_blargh) values ('$roar')"); $result = mysql_query($query) or die (mysql_error()); $last_id = mysql_insert_id(); echo $last_id; this should print out whatever the primary key # of the last insert query performed. This help at all?

From: Niklas Lampén <niklas.lists@publico.fi> Reply-To: <niklas.lists@publico.fi> To: "Php-General" <php-general@lists.php.net> Subject: RE: [PHP] Getting the last record in a mysql table FINALLY!! Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 10:05:35 +0200 Well, ofcourse you have to have the table + field names right. ;) Niklas -----Original Message----- From: hugh danaher [mailto:hdanaher@earthlink.net] Sent: 18. tammikuuta 2002 9:38 To: niklas.lists@publico.fi Cc: Php-General Subject: Re: [PHP] Getting the last record in a mysql table FINALLY!! Niklas, I needed to change the statement slightly, but it did put me on the right track. Thanks again, Hugh $result=mysql_query("SELECT id FROM my_table ORDER BY id DESC, id limit 1"); $id=mysql_result($result,0); ----- Original Message ----- From: Niklas Lampén <niklas.lists@publico.fi> To: Php-General <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 10:29 PM Subject: RE: [PHP] Getting the last record in a mysql table If you have ID that is a incrementing number, you could just query like this: 'SELECT ID FROM MY_TABLE ORDER BY ID DESC, LIMIT 1' And there you have just one result, the last (biggest) ID number. Niklas -----Original Message----- From: hugh danaher [mailto:hdanaher@earthlink.net] Sent: 18. tammikuuta 2002 7:37 To: Php-General Subject: [PHP] Getting the last record in a mysql table Help! I thought this would be easy but it ain't. What I want is the id number of the last record in a table. I've tried a number of variations to the following but am getting no where! Any help will be greatly appreciated. Hugh $results=mysql_query(" SELECT last_insert_id() FROM MY_TABLE "); $row=mysql_fetch_assoc($results); while ($row=mysql_fetch_row($results)) { print "<tr>"; foreach($row as $field) { if ($field=="")

    {
    $field=" ";
    }

print "<td align=center><h5>".$field."</h5></td>"; } print "</tr>"; } print "</table></td></tr></table>"; -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net

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