How to select a maximum value row in mysql table

Question

I have the following table

Table structure:

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `people` ( 
`name` varchar(10) NOT NULL, 
`age` smallint(5) u         


        

Answer 1

There is an interesting alternative that works only on MySql!

SELECT `Name`, `Age` FROM 
(SELECT `Name`, `Age`, 1 AS `foo`
FROM `People`
ORDER BY `Age` DESC) AS `x`
GROUP BY `foo`

This works because MySql returns the first row, when no aggregation function is applied on a given column

Here is the link: http://tominology.blogspot.com.br/2014/10/sql-row-with-max-value.html