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MS SQL Server - select last row
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In this article, we would like to show you how to select the last row from a table in MS SQL Server.
Quick solution:
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SELECT TOP 1 * 2
FROM [table_name]3
ORDER BY [column_name] DESC;
To show how to select the last row from a table, we will use the following table:
Note:
At the end of this article you can find database preparation SQL queries.
In this example, we will select all the information (columns) about the last user from the users table.
Query:
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SELECT TOP 1 * 2
FROM [users]3
ORDER BY [id] DESC;Output:
In this example, we will select id, name and country column information about the last user from the users table.
Query:
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SELECT TOP 1 [id], [name], [country]2
FROM [users]3
ORDER BY [id] DESC;Output:
create_tables.sql file:
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CREATE TABLE [users] (2
[id] INT IDENTITY(1,1),3
[name] VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL,4
[email] VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL,5
[country] VARCHAR(15) NOT NULL,6
PRIMARY KEY ([id])7
);insert_data.sql file:
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INSERT INTO [users]2
([name], [email], [country])3
VALUES4
('Tom', 'tom@email.com', 'Poland'),5
('Chris', 'chris@email.com', 'Spain'),6
('Jack', 'jack@email.com', 'Spain'),7
('Kim', 'kim@email.com', 'Vietnam'),8
('Marco', 'marco@email.com', 'Italy'),9
('Kate', 'kate@email.com', 'Spain'),10
('Nam', 'nam@email.com', 'Vietnam');