Re: selecting the record before the last one

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The quick answer is no: you cannot specifically match a certain column
and not match a certain column at the same time.

You are already creating the SQL statements manually, so why not just create
different ones for each situation?

if (historical search) {
$query = "SELECT * FROM difference WHERE clientid = $CLIENTID ORDER BY cartid ASC LIMIT 1";
}
else {
$query = "SELECT * FROM difference WHERE clientid = $CLIENTID AND cartid = $CARTID";
}

More importantly, however, there seems to be a fatal flaw in your process:

> By adding the "ORDER BY cartid ASC LIMIT 1" to the sql statement, the user
> gets the most recent credit amount for that customer entered into the
> system. That is, the credit amount created by the previous invoice.

> ...when the user is creating an invoice, that invoice's cartid (which is
> a random number) is already entered into the system,

If "cartid" is a random number, 'ORDER BY cartid ASC' is not going to do you any good.

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Greg Sabino Mullane greg(at)turnstep(dot)com
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