[PHP-DB] Query for Most Recent Entry

[Thompson, Jimi]

Hi,

 

I'm trying to figure out how to write a MySQL query that will return the
highest primary key a table.  

 

Thanks,

 

Ms. Jimi Thompson, CISSP

Manager, Web Operations

Cox School of Business

Southern Methodist University

 

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Re: [PHP-DB] Query for Most Recent Entry

[John W. Holmes]

Thompson, Jimi wrote:
I'm trying to figure out how to write a MySQL query that will return the
highest primary key a table.  
1) Why?
2) SELECT MAX(id) FROM table
3) If you're trying to find the key of the last row inserted to an 
auto_increment column, use mysql_insert_id() or LAST_INSERT_ID() in PHP 
and MySQL, respectively.

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