Get at least x number of rows in MySQL?

To get at least x number of rows, you need to use the LIMIT clause. Following is the syntax −

select *from yourTableName order by yourColumnName DESC limit yourXNumberOfRows;

Let us first create a table −

mysql> create table DemoTable (    EmployeeId int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,EmployeeName varchar(100) ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.76 sec)

Insert some records in the table using insert command −

mysql> insert into DemoTable(EmployeeName) values('Chris'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.17 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable(EmployeeName) values('David'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.12 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable(EmployeeName) values('Bob'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.51 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable(EmployeeName) values('Robert'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.37 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable(EmployeeName) values('Mike'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.12 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable(EmployeeName) values('Sam'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.13 sec)

Display all records from the table using select statement −

mysql> select *from DemoTable;

This will produce the following output −

+------------+--------------+ | EmployeeId | EmployeeName | +------------+--------------+ |          1 | Chris        | |          2 | David        | |          3 | Bob          | |          4 | Robert | |          5 | Mike | |          6 | Sam | +------------+--------------+ 6 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Following is the query to get at least x number of rows in MySQL. Here, we are displaying only 2 rows −

mysql> select *from DemoTable order by EmployeeName DESC limit 2;

This will produce the following output −

+------------+--------------+ | EmployeeId | EmployeeName | +------------+--------------+ | 6          | Sam | | 4          | Robert | +------------+--------------+ 2 rows in set (0.02 sec)