It will give you the 5 HIGHEST values in your auto incremented field. If it
was returneding the first 5, or the wrong 5, repace the DESC with ASC.
Jeff
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Justin French [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2001 6:09 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: php
> Subject: Re: [PHP] most recent 5 rows
>
>
> Jeff Lewis wrote:
>
> > Try this SQL Justin:
> >
> > $sql = "SELECT * FROM news DESC LIMIT 5";
>
>
> Hrm,
>
> Won't that retrieve the FIRST 5 rows, not the LAST 5?
>
>
> Justin French
>
>
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