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

If you want the last 10 then just change ASC to DESC

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