mysql subquery inside a LEFT JOIN

Question

I have a query that needs the most recent record from a secondary table called tbl_emails_sent.

That table holds all the emails sent to clients. And most c

Answer 1

Would this not work?

SELECT t1.datesent,t1.customerid,t2.email,t2.name
FROM
(SELECT max(datesent) AS datesent,customerid
FROM `tbl_emails_sent`
) as t1
INNER JOIN `tbl_customers` as t2
ON t1.customerid=t2.customerid

Only issue you have then is what if two datesents are the same, what is the deciding factor in which one gets picked?