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Asked: 2026-05-11T11:59:28+00:00

This is a follow up on another problem i had with getting-the-last-record-inserted-into-a-select-query I am

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This is a follow up on another problem i had with getting-the-last-record-inserted-into-a-select-query

I am trying to edit a query that Andrea was kind enough to help me with yesterday which works fine for one page but I am trying to create a similar query without much luck.

What I need to to is for every board display the board name, the count of topics and messages linked to that board and the user, topic and date of the last message (which does work)

What i need is to get the board name, the topic and message count

This is my table structure

CREATE TABLE `boards` (   `boardid` int(2) NOT NULL auto_increment,   `boardname` varchar(255) NOT NULL default '',   PRIMARY KEY  (`boardid`) );  CREATE TABLE `messages` (   `messageid` int(6) NOT NULL auto_increment,   `topicid` int(4) NOT NULL default '0',   `message` text NOT NULL,   `author` varchar(255) NOT NULL default '',   `date` datetime(14) NOT NULL,   PRIMARY KEY  (`messageid`) );  CREATE TABLE `topics` (   `topicid` int(4) NOT NULL auto_increment,   `boardid` int(2) NOT NULL default '0',   `topicname` varchar(255) NOT NULL default '',   `author` varchar(255) NOT NULL default '',   PRIMARY KEY  (`topicid`) );

and the query I have come up with based on the query that Andrea did for me. What this query outputs in the boardname, the number of topics and messages (which says 1 even though there are 5), the topic author and messagecount (which isn’t needed), the author and date of the last post (which is needed) but not the topic name which is needed

SELECT b.boardname, count( DISTINCT t.topicname ) AS topics, count( lm.message ) AS message, t.author as tauthor,         (select count(message) from messages m where m.topicid = t.topicid) AS messagecount,         lm.author as lauthor, lm.date   FROM topics t   INNER JOIN messages lm     ON lm.topicid = t.topicid AND lm.date = (SELECT max(m2.date) from messages m2)   INNER JOIN boards b     ON b.boardid = t.boardid   GROUP BY t.topicname

This my original query that does what I wanted but get the first post, not the last

SELECT b.boardid, b.boardname, count( DISTINCT t.topicname ) AS topics, count( m.message ) AS message, m.author AS author, m.date AS date, t.topicname AS topic FROM boards b INNER JOIN topics t ON t.boardid = b.boardid INNER JOIN messages m ON t.topicid = m.topicid INNER JOIN (  SELECT topicid, MAX( date ) AS maxdate FROM messages GROUP BY topicid ) test ON test.topicid = t.topicid GROUP BY boardname ORDER BY boardname

any help with this much appreciated

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  1. SELECT  b.*, m.*, t,*         (         SELECT  COUNT(*)         FROM    topics ti         WHERE   ti.boardid = b.boardid         ) AS topiccount,         (         SELECT  COUNT(*)         FROM    topics ti, messages mi         WHERE   ti.boardid = b.boardid                 AND mi.topicid = ti.topicid         ) AS messagecount FROM    boards b LEFT JOIN         messages m ON      m.messageid = (         SELECT  mii.messageid         FROM    topics tii, messages mii         WHERE   tii.boardid = b.boardid                 AND mii.topicid = tii.topicid         ORDER BY                 mii.date DESC         LIMIT 1         ) LEFT JOIN         topics t ON      t.topicid = m.topicid
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