MySQL Order before Group by

Question

I need to find the latest post for each author and then group the results so I only a single latest post for each author.

SELECT wp_posts.* FROM wp_posts
            


        

Answer 1

HERE a simple answer from http://www.cafewebmaster.com/mysql-order-sort-group

SELECT * FROM 
(
select * from `my_table` order by timestamp desc
) as my_table_tmp

GROUP BY catid
ORDER BY nid desc

it worked wonders for me