How to select the last record of a table in SQL?

Question

Without any further information, which Database etc the best we can do is something like

Sql Server

SELECT TOP 1 * FROM Table ORDER BY ID DESC

MySql

SELECT * FROM Table ORDER BY ID DESC LIMIT 1

to get the last row of a SQL-Database use this sql string:

SELECT * FROM TableName WHERE id=(SELECT max(id) FROM TableName);

Output:

Last Line of your db!

Assuming you have an Id column:

SELECT TOP 1 *
  FROM table
 ORDER
    BY Id DESC;

Also, this will work on SQL Server. I think that MySQL you might need to use:

SELECT *
  FROM table
 ORDER
    BY Id DESC
 LIMIT 1

But, I'm not 100% sure about this.

EDIT

Looking at the other answers, I'm now 100% confident that I'm correct with the MySQL statement :o)

EDIT

Just seen your latest comment. You could do:

SELECT MAX(Id)
  FROM table

This will get you the highest Id number.

SELECT * FROM TABLE ORDER BY ID DESC LIMIT 1

Yes this is mysql, SQL Server:

SELECT TOP 1 * FROM Table ORDER BY ID DESC

MS SQL Server has supported ANSI SQL FETCH FIRST for many years now:

SELECT * FROM TABLE
ORDER BY ID DESC 
OFFSET 0 ROWS FETCH FIRST 1 ROW ONLY

(Works with most modern databases.)