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MySQL - find first row

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In this article, we would like to show you how to find and select the first row from a table in MySQL.

Quick solution:

SELECT `column1`, `column2`, `columnN`
FROM `table_name`
LIMIT 1;

Practical example

To show how to find the first row from a table, we will use the following table:

MySQL - example data used to select the first row from a table
MySQL - example data used to select the first row from a table

Note:

At the end of this article you can find database preparation SQL queries.

Example 1 - select all columns

In this example, we will select all the information (columns) about the first user from the users table.

Query:

SELECT *
FROM `users`
LIMIT 1;

Output:

MySQL - select first row from a table - result
MySQL - select first row from a table - result

Example 2 - select specified columns

In this example, we will find the first user name and email column information.

Query:

SELECT `name`,`email`
FROM `users`
LIMIT 1;

Output:

MySQL - select first row from a table - result
MySQL - select first row from a table - result

Example 3 - first row in some order

In this example, we will select the first row in some order.

SELECT *
FROM `users`
ORDER BY `name`
LIMIT 1;

Output:

MySQL - select first row from a table ordered by name (alphabetical) - result
MySQL - select first row from a table ordered by name (alphabetical) - result

Database preparation

create_tables.sql file:

CREATE TABLE `users` (
	`id` INT(10) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
	`name` VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL,
	`email` VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL,
	`country` VARCHAR(15) NOT NULL,
	PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
)
ENGINE=InnoDB;

insert_data.sql file:

INSERT INTO `users`
	(`name`, `email`, `country`)
VALUES
	('Tom', 'tom@email.com', 'Poland'),
	('Chris', 'chris@email.com', 'Spain'),
	('Jack', 'jack@email.com', 'Spain'),
   ('Kim', 'kim@email.com', 'Vietnam'),
   ('Marco', 'marco@email.com', 'Italy'),
	('Kate', 'kate@email.com', 'Spain'),
	('Nam', 'nam@email.com', 'Vietnam');

Alternative titles

  1. MySQL - select first row
  2. MySQL - find first row when there's no ID column
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