How to select first and last row record using LIMIT in MySQL?

Let us first create a table. The query to create a table is as follows

mysql> create table FirstAndLastDataDemo
   -> (
   -> EmployeeId int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
   -> EmployeeName varchar(20),
   -> EmployeeAge int
   -> );
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.59 sec)

Insert some records in the table using insert command. The query is as follows

mysql> insert into FirstAndLastDataDemo(EmployeeName,EmployeeAge) values('John',23);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.15 sec)
mysql> insert into FirstAndLastDataDemo(EmployeeName,EmployeeAge) values('Bob',13);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.11 sec)
mysql> insert into FirstAndLastDataDemo(EmployeeName,EmployeeAge) values('Larry',24);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.14 sec)
mysql> insert into FirstAndLastDataDemo(EmployeeName,EmployeeAge) values('Sam',14);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.18 sec)
mysql> insert into FirstAndLastDataDemo(EmployeeName,EmployeeAge) values('Mike',31);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.10 sec)
mysql> insert into FirstAndLastDataDemo(EmployeeName,EmployeeAge)
values('James',18);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.16 sec)
mysql> insert into FirstAndLastDataDemo(EmployeeName,EmployeeAge)
values('Maxwell',28);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.17 sec)
mysql> insert into FirstAndLastDataDemo(EmployeeName,EmployeeAge) values('David',27);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.12 sec)
mysql> insert into FirstAndLastDataDemo(EmployeeName,EmployeeAge) values('Chris',22);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.19 sec)

Display all records from the table using a select statement.

mysql> select *from FirstAndLastDataDemo;

The following is the output

+------------+--------------+-------------+
| EmployeeId | EmployeeName | EmployeeAge |
+------------+--------------+-------------+
| 1          | John         | 23          |
| 2          | Bob          | 13          |
| 3          | Larry        | 24          |
| 4          | Sam          | 14          |
| 5          | Mike         | 31          |
| 6          | James        | 18          |
| 7          | Maxwell      | 28          |
| 8          | David        | 27          |
| 9          | Chris        | 22          |
+------------+--------------+-------------+
9 rows in set (0.00 sec)

To get first row and last row record using LIMIT, the following is the query

mysql> (SELECT *from FirstAndLastDataDemo LIMIT 1)
   -> UNION
   -> (SELECT *from FirstAndLastDataDemo LIMIT 8,1);

The following is the output displaying the first and last row record

+------------+--------------+-------------+
| EmployeeId | EmployeeName | EmployeeAge |
+------------+--------------+-------------+
| 1          | John         | 23          |
| 9          | Chris        | 22          |
+------------+--------------+-------------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Chandu yadav

Updated on: 30-Jul-2019

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