{"id":189,"date":"2018-12-13T04:24:18","date_gmt":"2018-12-13T04:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/barkhane.com\/sql\/2018\/12\/13\/sql-select-last\/"},"modified":"2024-03-03T17:58:31","modified_gmt":"2024-03-03T17:58:31","slug":"sql-select-last","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/barkhane.com\/sql\/sql-select-last\/","title":{"rendered":"SQL SELECT LAST"},"content":{"rendered":"

SQL SELECT LAST : The last() function is used to return the last value of the specified column of a table<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Syntax for SQL SELECT LAST() FUNCTION:<\/p>\n

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SELECT<\/span>\u00a0LAST<\/span>\u00a0(column_name)\u00a0FROM<\/span>\u00a0table_name;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

You should note that the last() function is only supported in MS Access. But there are ways to get the last record in MySql, SQL Server, Oracle etc. databases.<\/p>\n

Other SQL syntax:<\/b><\/p>\n

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SELECT<\/span>\u00a0column_name\u00a0FROM<\/span>\u00a0table_name\u00a0\u00a0ORDER<\/span>\u00a0BY<\/span>\u00a0column_name\u00a0DESC<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0LIMIT\u00a01;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

SELECT<\/span>\u00a0TOP<\/span>\u00a01\u00a0column_name\u00a0FROM<\/span>\u00a0table_name\u00a0\u00a0ORDER<\/span>\u00a0BY<\/span>\u00a0column_name\u00a0DESC<\/span>;<\/p>\n

SELECT<\/span>\u00a0column_name\u00a0FROM<\/span>\u00a0table_name\u00a0 \u00a0ORDER<\/span>\u00a0BY<\/span>\u00a0column_name\u00a0DESC<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0WHERE<\/span>\u00a0ROWNUM\u00a0<=1;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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