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Fetch a single ordered date from a column with MySQL LIMIT
To fetch a single date from a column, use “LIMIT 1. To order it, use ORDER BY clause. Let us first create a table −
mysql> create table DemoTable -> ( -> DueDate varchar(100) -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (1.16 sec)
Insert some records in the table using insert command −
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('10-06-2019'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.42 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('01-12-2016'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.52 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('31-01-2018'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.58 sec)
Display all records from the table using select statement −
mysql> select *from DemoTable;
Output
This will produce the following output −
+------------+ | DueDate | +------------+ | 10-06-2019 | | 01-12-2016 | | 31-01-2018 | +------------+ 3 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Following is the query to fetch a single ordered date from a column with MySQL LIMIT −
mysql> select *from DemoTable ORDER BY STR_TO_DATE(DueDate, '%d-%m-%Y') LIMIT 1;
Output
This will produce the following output −
+------------+ | DueDate | +------------+ | 01-12-2016 | +------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
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