MySQL last function

MySQL last function is used to return the last value of the selected column.

Syntax:

SELECT column_name
FROM table_name
ORDER BY column_name DESC
LIMIT 1;

MySQL last function example

Consider a table "officers" having the following data.

Execute the following query:

SELECT officer_name 
FROM officers
ORDER BY officer_id DESC
LIMIT 1;

This query will return the last officer_name ordering by officer_id.

Output:

Return the last officer_name ordering by officer_name:

SELECT officer_name 
FROM officers
ORDER BY officer_name DESC
LIMIT 1;

Output:

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