> Im managing to do this, but I can see that the method im using is
> not as efficient as it could be. What I want to do is this....
> Make a query which will grab the record in a table that has the
> highest ID number. The ID field is auto incremental so what its
> saying is that the record with the highest ID field is the newest
> record.....
> 
> Any suggestions on how I can do this efficiently ?

SELECT * FROM yourtable WHERE id = LAST_INSERT_ID();

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