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5 Ways to Select the First Row in MySQL

Example 1: To return only one row use LIMIT 1:

SELECT *
FROM tamilrokers
WHERE name = 'suleman'
LIMIT 1

Example 2: php mysql fetch first row
get only one row in mysql

$sql_q = "select stud_id FROM master_tbl where id = 'std_id' LIMIT 1";
$res = mysql_query($sql_q);
while($i = mysql_fetch_array($res)) {
$j = $i['stud_id'];
}
echo $j;

The SQL SELECT TOP Clause

SELECT TOP 5 * FROM Members;

mysql select first row

SELECT * FROM Members
LIMIT 1;


SELECT * FROM Members
FETCH FIRST 5 ROWS ONLY;

SQL TOP PERCENT Example

SELECT TOP 30 PERCENT * FROM Members;


SELECT * FROM Members
FETCH FIRST 30 PERCENT ROWS ONLY;

ADD a WHERE CLAUSE

SELECT TOP 5 * FROM Members
WHERE member_name='Manshu';

Select First Row in each SQL Group By group

Example 3: SQL ROW_NUMBER

-- Select First Row in each SQL Group By group
USE [CODE]
GO
-- Using CTE to save the grouping data
WITH groups AS (
SELECT [ProfileNm]
,[AccountCode]
,[Education]
,[OrgType]
,[TotalEarnings]
,ROW_NUMBER() OVER (
PARTITION BY [OrgType]
ORDER BY [TotalEarnings] DESC
) AS [ROW NUMBER]
FROM [Members]
)
SELECT * FROM groups
WHERE groups.[ROW NUMBER] = 1

Select First Row in each Group Example 2

-- Select First Row in each SQL Group By group
USE [CODE]
GO
SELECT * FROM (
SELECT [ProfileNm]
,[AccountCode]
,[Education]
,[OrgType]
,[TotalEarnings]
,ROW_NUMBER() OVER (
PARTITION BY [OrgType]
ORDER BY [TotalEarnings] DESC
) AS [ROW NUMBER]
FROM [Members]
) groups
WHERE groups.[ROW NUMBER] = 1
ORDER BY groups.TotalEarnings DESC

How to Get First Record in Each Group in MySQL

How to Get First Record in Each Group in MySQL?
 

create table item_targets(item varchar(255),charge_date date, sale int);

insert into item_targets(item,charge_date, sale)
values('A','2025-08-01',250),
('B','2025-08-01',852),
('C','2025-08-01',6541),
('A','2025-08-02',547),
('B','2025-08-02',478),
('C','2025-08-02',2451),
('A','2025-08-03',245),
('B','2025-08-03',325),
('C','2025-08-03',2241);

GROUP BY to get first date for each group

select item,min(charge_date) from item_targets group by item;

get first record by date group

select item_targets.* from item_targets,
(select item,min(charge_date) as charge_date
from item_targets
group by item) max_targets
where item_targets.item=max_targets.item
and item_targets.charge_date=max_targets.charge_date;

How to Select Most Recent Record for Each User?

get the first date for each member id using GROUP BY.
 

select member_id,min(transaction_date) from member_data group by member_id;

select member_data.* from member_data,
(select member_id,min(transaction_date) as transaction_date
from member_data
group by member_id) max_member
where member_data.member_id=max_member.member_id
and member_data.transaction_date=max_member.transaction_date;

Mysql Get Column Names

Example 1: Get the first record of the table targets_team_emails

SELECT * FROM targets_team_emails LIMIT 1;

Example 2: mysql select first row

Get the first record of sale_member_id and targets_member_email from the table targets_team_emails where targets_member_name is Pakainfo.
 

SELECT
targets_member_id, targets_member_email
FROM
targets_team_emails
WHERE
targets_member_name = 'Pakainfo'
LIMIT 1;

mysql select first row query without the LIMIT clause

SELECT
targets_member_id, targets_member_email
FROM
targets_team_emails
WHERE
targets_member_name = 'Pakainfo';


Mysql Full Outer Join

How to select first and last data row from a MySQL result?

//get first row data and last row data

SELECT *
FROM members_tbl
WHERE MemberId = (SELECT MIN(MemberId) FROM members_tbl)
UNION
SELECT *
FROM members_tbl
WHERE MemberId = (SELECT MAX(MemberId) FROM members_tbl);

How to select first and last data row from a mysql result?

//mysql select first row
Select * from Member order by [something] asc limit 1

OR

Select * from Member order by [something] desc limit 1

I hope you get an idea about mysql select first row.

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5 Ways to Select the First Row in MySQL
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