Hi, Thanks for the reply. The main aim is to select the first record or the last record. Is there any direct command for these. Please help me in this.
Thanks, Narasimha -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 7:30 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Reg SubQuery Importance: High Or.. Select * from emp order by id asc limit 0,1 if you want to fetch all details. -----Original Message----- From: Jason McKnight [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 7:21 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Reg SubQuery You could also do it like this: select min(id) from emp; Roger Baklund wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> I need to get all the details of an employee whose salary is the lowest. >> I can do like this in Oracle >> >> >> select * from emp where id = (select min(id) from emp). >> >> >> Can we have any alternative in MySQL for the above query, as sub >> queries are not supported in MySQL 4.0.21 > > > There is no need for a subquery in this case: > > select * from emp order by id limit 1; > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Confidentiality Notice The information contained in this electronic message and any attachments to this message are intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s) and may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender at Wipro or [EMAIL PROTECTED] immediately and destroy all copies of this message and any attachments. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]