How to select last row in MySQL?

To select the last row, we can use ORDER BY clause with desc (descending) property and Limit 1. Let us first create a table and insert some records with the help of insert command.

The query is as follows.

mysql> create table getLastRecord
   -> (
   -> Id int,
   -> Name varchar(100)
   -> );
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.61 sec)

After creating the above table, we will insert records with the help of insert command.

mysql> insert into getLastRecord values(1,'John');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.13 sec)

mysql> insert into getLastRecord values(2,'Ramit');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.22 sec)

mysql> insert into getLastRecord values(3,'Johnson');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.13 sec)

mysql> insert into getLastRecord values(4,'Carol');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.79 sec)

Display all records with the help of select statement.

mysql> select *from getLastRecord;

The following is the output.

+------+---------+
| Id   | Name    |
+------+---------+
|    1 | John    |
|    2 | Ramit   |
|    3 | Johnson |
|    4 | Carol   |
+------+---------+
4 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Our lats record is with id 4 and Name ‘Carol’. To get the last record, the following is the query.

mysql> select *from getLastRecord ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT 1;

The following is the output.

 
+------+-------+
| Id   | Name  |
+------+-------+
|    4 | Carol |
+------+-------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

The above output shows that we have fetched the last record, with Id 4 and Name Carol.