how do i get the last inserted column in sqlyog database without using top or last function?

Question

I have a table named tbltimpunch that has the following columns:

• employeeID (not primary key/not auto inc)
• dateoftime (time of day)
• timein (the time input by the employee)
• timeout (the time of clockout)

It can be created with the following mysql:

CREATE TABLE tbltimpunch(
    `employeeID` varchar(10),
    `dateoftime` datetime,
    `timein` time,
    `timeout` time
);

How can I get the last timein or timeout input by the employee?

Answer 1

How about this?

SELECT employeeID, MAX(timein) AS lastIn, MAX(timeout) AS lastOut
FROM tbltimpunch
GROUP BY employeeID;

This'll return a result set with a row for every employee (that has data in the table), along with their last timein and timeout values.

Updated

This solution might be closer to what you're looking for:

SELECT t1.* FROM tbltimpunch t1
LEFT JOIN tbltimpunch t2 ON t1.employeeID=t2.employeeID
GROUP BY t1.employeeID, t1.dateoftime
HAVING t1.dateoftime=MAX(t2.dateoftime);

This will return the one row for each employee that has the latest dateoftime value.

Try the fiddle, here: http://sqlfiddle.com/#!2/ca4f3/1/0