Question

So, I have this mysql query:

SELECT member_id, text FROM review WHERE text != "" ORDER BY date DESC LIMIT 2

This returns the latest two reviews, my question is can I somehow restrict this query returning two rows with the same member_id? I’ve tried adding DISTINCT before member_id but has no effect.

Answer 1

You can use group by. But if you have more than two rows for the same id, you cannot know which text will come.

    SELECT r.member_id, r.text 
    FROM review r, (Select member_id, max(date) dat from review WHERE text != "" group by member_id) t1      
    WHERE r.member_id =t1.member_id and t1.dat=r.date
    LIMIT 2