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MySQL - select last N rows
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In this article, we would like to show you how to select last N rows from a table in MySQL.
Ascending order:
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SELECT * FROM (2
SELECT * FROM `table_name` 3
ORDER BY `column_name` DESC4
LIMIT N5
) subquery6
ORDER BY `column_name` ASC;Descending order:
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SELECT * FROM `table_name` 2
ORDER BY `column_name` DESC 3
LIMIT N;To show how to select last N rows 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 last three users from the users table in ascending order.
Query:
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SELECT * FROM (2
SELECT * FROM `users` 3
ORDER BY `id` DESC4
LIMIT 35
) subquery6
ORDER BY `id` ASC;Output:
In this example, we will select last three users from the users table in descending order.
Query:
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SELECT * FROM `users` ORDER BY `id` DESC LIMIT 3;Output:
create_tables.sql file:
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CREATE TABLE `users` (2
`id` INT(10) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,3
`name` VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL,4
`country` VARCHAR(15) NOT NULL,5
PRIMARY KEY (`id`)6
)7
ENGINE=InnoDB;insert_data.sql file:
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INSERT INTO `users`2
(`name`, `country`)3
VALUES4
('Tom', 'Poland'),5
('Chris', 'Spain'),6
('Jack', 'Spain'),7
('Kim', 'Vietnam'),8
('Marco', 'Italy'),9
('Kate', 'Spain'),10
('Nam', 'Vietnam');