MYSQL Select from table, get newest/last 10 rows in table

Question

What\'s the best, and easiest way to do this? My query currently is:

  SELECT * 
    FROM chat 
   WHERE (userID = $session AND toID = $friendID) 
      OR (use         


        

Answer 1

to reverse the order (therefore get last 10 instead of first 10), use DESC instead of ASC

EDIT

Based on your comment:

SELECT * FROM (
  SELECT * 
  FROM chat 
  WHERE (userID = $session AND toID = $friendID) 
    OR (userID = $friendID AND toID = $session)  
  ORDER BY id DESC
  LIMIT 10
) AS `table` ORDER by id ASC