[development] Avoiding sub-queries

[Erdem Köse]

I think this should work:
db_query_range(db_rewrite_sql("SELECT n.nid FROM {node} n ORDER BY 
n.nid"), $count-1, 1);

Erdem Köse

Darren Oh wrote:
> I am trying to find the highest node ID in a range of the node table. 
> So far, the only query that works requires a sub-query:
>
>         $nid = db_result(db_query(db_rewrite_sql("
>           SELECT MAX(r.nid)
>           FROM (
>             SELECT n.nid
>             FROM {node} n
>             ORDER BY n.nid
>             LIMIT %d
>           ) r
>         "), $count));
>
> I would prefer for my module to continue working for users stuck with 
> MySQL versions lower than 4.1. Is there any way to rewrite this query 
> so it doesn't use a sub-query?
>