Select a row and rows around it

Question

Ok, let\'s say I have a table with photos.

What I want to do is on a page display the photo based on the id in the URI. Bellow the photo I want to have 10 thumbnails

Answer 1

If you're happy to use temp tables, your original query could be broken down to use them.

SELECT
    *
FROM media
WHERE id < 7
ORDER BY id DESC
LIMIT 0, 4
INTO TEMP t1;

INSERT INTO t1
SELECT
   *
FROM media
WHERE id >= 7
ORDER BY id ASC
LIMIT 0, 6;

select * from t1 order by id;
drop table t1;