SQL LAST() Function

The LAST() function returns the last value of the selected column.

SQL LAST() Syntax

SELECT LAST(column_name) FROM table_name

SQL LAST() Example

We have the following "Orders" table:

Id	OrderDate	OrderPrice	Customer
1	2008/11/12	1000	Navis
2	2008/10/23	1600	Nilsen
3	2008/09/02	700	Navis
4	2008/09/03	300	Navis
5	2008/08/30	2000	Jensen
6	2008/10/04	100	Nilsen

Now we want to find the last value of the "OrderPrice" column.

We use the following SQL statement:

SELECT LAST(OrderPrice) AS LastOrderPrice FROM Orders

 

SELECT OrderPrice FROM Orders ORDER BY Id DESC LIMIT 1

The result-set will look like this:

LastOrderPrice

100