From: | Ron Johnson <ron(dot)l(dot)johnson(at)cox(dot)net> |
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To: | PgSQL Novice ML <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: Get the last record alone from the select statement. |
Date: | 2003-07-25 12:36:51 |
Message-ID: | 1059136610.26034.48.camel@haggis |
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On Fri, 2003-07-25 at 04:53, A.Bhuvaneswaran wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > I have a doubt in limit clause. With limit and offset i can get the
> > first few records from the select statement. Suppose i want to get the
> > last record alone from the select, how can i achieve it.
>
> => select your_fields from your_table where your_condition order by
> oid desc limit 1;
Since oid is way non-standard, a better way may be:
=> select your_fields from your_table where your_condition order by
your_fields desc limit 1;
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