PHP - SQL: TOP

[icor1031]

    $results = mysqli_query($con, 'SELECT TOP 8 * FROM Entries');
    var_dump($results);

This gets me bool(false)

 

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    $results = mysqli_query($con, "SELECT * FROM Entries ORDER BY PID DESC LIMIT 9");

But, this gets me the proper results - it draws from my database, like it should.

 

Why do I get false, when I use TOP 8?

 

 

Thanks.

[trq]

TOP is not valid syntax in MySQL.

[icor1031]

Woops, I misunderstood this: http://www.w3schools.com/sql/sql_top.asp

 

 

I've been using limit, but the problem is that it doesn't call the most recent entry - even if I use LIMIT 0,8.

And LIMIT -1,8 gives an error.

 

Should I find the PID, then +1 it?

 

Any advice?

 

 

Thanks!

[mac_gyver]

you should probably post an example of the incorrect data the query is matching and an example of the data the query should match, along with the table definition. if your order by isn't returning the correct value, it's likely that your table definition is storing numbers as a character/text type.

[icor1031]

I "fixed" it, by adding the third line. I'm not satisfied with that result, but it works. For some reason, the while statement started one item too late.

	$results = mysqli_query($con, "SELECT * FROM Entries ORDER BY PID DESC LIMIT 0,8");
	$rowFp = mysqli_fetch_array($results);
	echo "<br /><br />" . $rowFp['Title'] . "<br />" . $rowFp['remoteTime'] . "<br /><br />" . $rowFp['PID'];
	while  ($rowFp = mysqli_fetch_array($results)) {
	echo "<br /><br />" . $rowFp['Title'] . "<br />" . $rowFp['remoteTime'] . "<br /><br />" . $rowFp['PID'];

Here, you see my last PID:

 

 

 

Here, you see that my PID began (before my "fix") one number higher than what exists in the database:

 

 

 

 

Column stuff:

[Barand]

Delete lines 2 and 3. Just fetch and output with the while() loop.

$results = mysqli_query($con, "SELECT * FROM Entries ORDER BY PID DESC LIMIT 0,8");
	
while  ($rowFp = mysqli_fetch_array($results)) {
	echo "<br /><br />" . $rowFp['Title'] . "<br />" . $rowFp['remoteTime'] . "<br /><br />" . $rowFp['PID'];
}

[icor1031]

 

Delete lines 2 and 3. Just fetch and output with the while() loop.

$results = mysqli_query($con, "SELECT * FROM Entries ORDER BY PID DESC LIMIT 0,8");
	
while  ($rowFp = mysqli_fetch_array($results)) {
	echo "<br /><br />" . $rowFp['Title'] . "<br />" . $rowFp['remoteTime'] . "<br /><br />" . $rowFp['PID'];
}

 

Awesome, thanks.