On 6/20/2005, "Bob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>Hi Mike,
>Yes, it was just the date of the most recent message I wanted.
>We may have been at cross purposes then.
>

Yep - I misunderstood your intent. If all you really want is the maximum
date, then by all means I'd recommend using the max() function. As your
own testing proved, max() is much faster than "order by ... limit 1"
if you don't want additional fields from the most recent message.

Best,
Mike


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