Question

I have a table with a column event_time. How can I select two rows right before NOW() and the next one after NOW(), ordered by event_time?

Is is possible with a single query?

Answer 1

How about something like

SELECT *
FROM    (
            SELECT *
            FROM TABLE
            WHERE event_time < NOW()
            ORDER BY event_time DESC
            LIMIT 2
        ) First2
UNION ALL
SELECT *
FROM    (
            SELECT *
            FROM TABLE
            WHERE event_time > NOW()
            ORDER BY event_time ASC
            LIMIT 1
        ) Next1
ORDER BY event_time