PHP and MySQL: Order by most recent date and limit 10

Question

I am building a notes system on my site and I\'ve got to the stage where users can post notes into the MySQL database using PHP and then PHP prints them out on a page. Howev

Answer 1

use:

SELECT * FROM notes WHERE note_author_id='$u_id' ORDER BY date_time DESC LIMIT 10

DESC : descending order ( from newest to oldest ) LIMIT 10: first 10 records found.