[FX.php List] Last N Records

[Gjermund Gusland Thorsen]

I am sure you have an auto increment or you can make autoenter
calculation by get(recid)?

I would sort descending by that autoincremented number and have the
number of records returned set to N

Gjermund

2008/8/25 Jonathan Schwartz <jschwartz at exit445.com>:
> Looking at my Log file...on an iphone. Just want to see the last 10 records
> or so.
>
> Don't want to return the whole file (100,000+ records and growing) and sort
> descending just to see the last 10 records.
>
> See what I mean?
>
> Now, you might say...just query "TODAY" and then sort.
>
> But..what it it wasn't a log file where you could predict the last records
> fell under a single day?
>
> Still need a way to grab just the last N records with no other criteria
> needed
>
>
> Jonathan
>
>
> At 1:26 PM +0200 8/25/08, Gjermund Gusland Thorsen wrote:
>>
>> Ehh, what are you doing?
>>
>> the last N records of a table?
>>
>> how about sort descending, and change return amount to N?
>>
>> ggt
>>
>>
>> 2008/8/25 Jonathan Schwartz <jschwartz at exit445.com>:
>>>
>>>  Hi Folks,
>>>
>>>  Looking to query and return just the last N records of a table.
>>>
>>>  I thought of using two queries: the first to get record count and the
>>> second
>>>  to use the skip parameter.
>>>
>>>  Is there a single query method?
>>>
>>>
>>>  J
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