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How to get the second last record from a table in MySQL?
To get the record before the last one i.e. the second last record in MySQL, you need to use subquery.
The syntax is as follows
SELECT *FROM (SELECT *FROM yourTableName ORDER BY yourIdColumnName DESC LIMIT 2) anyAliasName ORDER BY yourIdColumnName LIMIT 1;
Let us first create a table. The query to create a table is as follows
mysql> create table lastRecordBeforeLastOne - > ( - > Id int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY, - > Name varchar(20) DEFAULT 'John', - > Age int DEFAULT 18 - > ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.79 sec)
Now you can insert some records in the table using insert command.
The query is as follows
mysql> insert into lastRecordBeforeLastOne values();
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.21 sec)
mysql> insert into lastRecordBeforeLastOne(Name,Age) values('Larry',23);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.19 sec)
mysql> insert into lastRecordBeforeLastOne(Name,Age) values('Mike',19);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.20 sec)
mysql> insert into lastRecordBeforeLastOne(Name,Age) values('Sam',24);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.22 sec)
mysql> insert into lastRecordBeforeLastOne(Name,Age) values('Bob',26);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.13 sec)
mysql> insert into lastRecordBeforeLastOne(Name,Age) values('David',22);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.23 sec)
mysql> insert into lastRecordBeforeLastOne(Name,Age) values('James',29);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.14 sec)
mysql> insert into lastRecordBeforeLastOne(Name,Age) values('Carol',21);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.23 sec)
mysql> insert into lastRecordBeforeLastOne(Name,Age) values('Maxwell',29);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.18 sec)
mysql> insert into lastRecordBeforeLastOne(Name,Age) values('Chris',25);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.14 sec)Display all records from the table using select statement.
The query is as follows
mysql> select *from lastRecordBeforeLastOne;
The following is the output
+----+---------+------+ | Id | Name | Age | +----+---------+------+ | 1 | John | 18 | | 2 | Larry | 23 | | 3 | Mike | 19 | | 4 | Sam | 24 | | 5 | Bob | 26 | | 6 | David | 22 | | 7 | James | 29 | | 8 | Carol | 21 | | 9 | Maxwell | 29 | | 10 | Chris | 25 | +----+---------+------+ 10 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Here is the query to get the second last record in MySQL
mysql> SELECT *FROM - > (SELECT *FROM lastRecordBeforeLastOne ORDER BY Id DESC LIMIT 2) tbl1 - > ORDER BY Id LIMIT 1;
The following is the output
+----+---------+------+ | Id | Name | Age | +----+---------+------+ | 9 | Maxwell | 29 | +----+---------+------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
Updated on: 30-Jul-2019
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