MySql Query, Select greater than

Question

I\'ve got a table, called faq_questions with the following structure:

id int not_null auto_increment,
question varchar(255),
sort_order int

I\'

Answer 1

You can do it with TOP or LIMIT:

SELECT TOP 1 * FROM faq_questions
WHERE sort_order > 5
ORDER BY sort_order ASC

but that's not as elegant or portable as

SELECT *  
FROM faq_questions AS f1  
LEFT JOIN faq_questions AS f2  
    ON f1.sort_order > f2.sort_order  
    AND f2.sort_order = 5  
LEFT JOIN faq_questions AS f3  
    ON f3.sort_order BETWEEN f1.sort_order AND f2.sort_order  
WHERE f3.id IS NULL