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Date: 07/02/04
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Thompson, Jimi wrote:
> I'm trying to figure out how to write a MySQL query that will return the
> highest primary key a table.
1) Why?
2) SELECT MAX(id) FROM table
3) If you're trying to find the key of the last row inserted to an
auto_increment column, use mysql_insert_id() or LAST_INSERT_ID() in PHP
and MySQL, respectively.
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