How to select first and last row record using LIMIT in MySQL?

Let us first create a table. The query to create a table is as follows

mysql> create table FirstAndLastDataDemo    -> (    -> EmployeeId int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,    -> EmployeeName varchar(20),    -> EmployeeAge int    -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.59 sec)

Insert some records in the table using insert command. The query is as follows

mysql> insert into FirstAndLastDataDemo(EmployeeName,EmployeeAge) values('John',23); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.15 sec) mysql> insert into FirstAndLastDataDemo(EmployeeName,EmployeeAge) values('Bob',13); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.11 sec) mysql> insert into FirstAndLastDataDemo(EmployeeName,EmployeeAge) values('Larry',24); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.14 sec) mysql> insert into FirstAndLastDataDemo(EmployeeName,EmployeeAge) values('Sam',14); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.18 sec) mysql> insert into FirstAndLastDataDemo(EmployeeName,EmployeeAge) values('Mike',31); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.10 sec) mysql> insert into FirstAndLastDataDemo(EmployeeName,EmployeeAge) values('James',18); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.16 sec) mysql> insert into FirstAndLastDataDemo(EmployeeName,EmployeeAge) values('Maxwell',28); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.17 sec) mysql> insert into FirstAndLastDataDemo(EmployeeName,EmployeeAge) values('David',27); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.12 sec) mysql> insert into FirstAndLastDataDemo(EmployeeName,EmployeeAge) values('Chris',22); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.19 sec)

Display all records from the table using a select statement.

mysql> select *from FirstAndLastDataDemo;

The following is the output

+------------+--------------+-------------+ | EmployeeId | EmployeeName | EmployeeAge | +------------+--------------+-------------+ | 1 | John | 23 | | 2 | Bob | 13 | | 3 | Larry | 24 | | 4 | Sam | 14 | | 5 | Mike | 31 | | 6 | James | 18 | | 7 | Maxwell | 28 | | 8 | David | 27 | | 9 | Chris | 22 | +------------+--------------+-------------+ 9 rows in set (0.00 sec)

To get first row and last row record using LIMIT, the following is the query

mysql> (SELECT *from FirstAndLastDataDemo LIMIT 1)    -> UNION -> (SELECT *from FirstAndLastDataDemo LIMIT 8,1);

The following is the output displaying the first and last row record

+------------+--------------+-------------+ | EmployeeId | EmployeeName | EmployeeAge | +------------+--------------+-------------+ | 1 | John | 23 | | 9 | Chris | 22 | +------------+--------------+-------------+ 2 rows in set (0.00 sec)