Syntax error Only display row with highest ID in MySQL

Only display row with highest ID in MySQL

To order, use the ORDER BY DESC clause. With that, since we want a single ID, which should be the highest, use LIMIT 1. This will fetch the row with highest ID. Let us first create a table −

mysql> create table DemoTable
(
   Id int,
   FirstName varchar(50)
);
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.83 sec)

Insert some records in the table using insert command −

mysql> insert into DemoTable values(100,'Chris');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.20 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable values(110,'Robert');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.19 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable values(120,'Mike');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.19 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable values(115,'Bob');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.14 sec)

Display all records from the table using select statement −

mysql> select *from DemoTable;

This will produce the following output −

+------+-----------+
| Id   | FirstName |
+------+-----------+
| 100  | Chris     |
| 110  | Robert    |
| 120  | Mike      |
| 115  | Bob       |
+------+-----------+
4 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Following is the query to display row with highest ID −

mysql> select *from DemoTable order by Id DESC LIMIT 1;

This will produce the following output −

+------+-----------+
| Id   | FirstName |
+------+-----------+
| 120  | Mike      |
+------+-----------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
Updated on: 2019-10-03T06:02:55+05:30

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