MySQL query to select rows except first row in descending order?

Let us first create a table −

mysql> create table DemoTable    -> (    -> Amount int    -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.50 sec)

Insert some records in the table using insert command −

mysql> insert into DemoTable values(10); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.17 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values(20); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.11 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values(30); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.10 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values(40); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.15 sec)

Display all records from the table using select statement −

mysql> select *from DemoTable;

Output

+--------+ | Amount | +--------+ |     10 | |     20 | |     30 | |     40 | +--------+ 4 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Following is the query to select rows except first row in descending order −

mysql> select *from DemoTable WHERE Amount NOT IN (SELECT MAX(Amount) from DemoTable) ORDER BY Amount DESC;

Output

+--------+ | Amount | +--------+ |     30 | |     20 | |     10 | +--------+ 3 rows in set (0.05 sec)