Question

Trying to select all columns but avoid more than 1 same userid.

$result = mysql_query("select *, DISTINCT userid from ringtones where deletedbyuser='0' and (lang='$lang' or lang='en') order by id desc limit 10");

Please help.

Table structure:

id  int(10)
userid  int(10)
artist  varchar(100)
title   varchar(100)
lang    varchar(2)
public  int(1)
status  int(1)
deletedbyuser   int(1)

Answer 1

You can

select r.* from ringtones r 
    inner join (select MIN(id) as id, userid from ringtones 
                      where deletedbyuser='0' and (lang='$lang' or lang='en') 
                      group by userid) s
    on r.id = s.id
order by r.id desc
limit 10

this will pick the first one added if there are more than one.