Get the last N rows in the database in order?

Question

Let\'s say I have the following database table:

 record_id | record_date | record_value
-----------+-------------+--------------
         1 | 2010-05-01  |           


        

Answer 1

This should work:

WITH t AS (
    SELECT * FROM mytable ORDER BY record_date DESC LIMIT 5
)
SELECT * FROM t ORDER BY record_date ASC;