Select last record from MS Access database

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How to use TOP(1) keyword in MS Access query.

select * TOP(1) from mytable orderby mycolumn desc;

this querry gives me error;

Any other alternate to implement this code;

Posted 6-Sep-10 0:29am

markand911

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Sushant Joshi · Answer 1 · 2010-09-06T01:29:00

Solution 1

Remove the "*", use this "select top(1) mycol1 from mytable order by mycol1 desc;"

Posted 6-Sep-10 1:29am

Sushant Joshi

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markand911 7-Sep-10 1:20am

Thanx sushant for your response. but its not working
select TOP(1) from mytable orderby mycolumn desc

Sushant Joshi 7-Sep-10 12:44pm

Markand, Put the column names after top(1), like: Select top(1) column1 from mytable order by column1 desc;