Actually, mysql does not support sub-selects. You can do this however with something like this:
select * from your_table order by date_column desc, time_column desc limit 1 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Radovan Radic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 9:46 AM Subject: [PHP-WIN] Re: get row (latest by date) > select * from table where date=(select max(date) from table) and > time=(select max(time) from table) > > HTH, > Radovan > > "Aidal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > Hi NG. > > > > I know this is probably very simple, but I've had no luck making it work > :( > > > > I want 1 single row out of a table, that row must be the latest by date > and > > time. > > > > The table looks like this (example MySQL): > > _______________________________________________ > > id | type_id | date | time | title | > > source | > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > 128 | 1 | 2003-01-09 | 15:00:52 | some title | blabla | > > 129 | 1 | 2003-01-09 | 15:02:43 | some title 2 | blabla 2 | > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > What i need is the SQL that would give me the latest created row of these > 2 > > (i dont mean latest as in last_id) by date and time in this case the > result > > should be the row with id = 129 because of the time. > > > > Please help... > > > > ~ Aidal > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php