Mysql query problem

Question

I have a problem with my mysql query.

My database:

sections
id
section_name

grades
id
user_id
section_id
date
grade

I want my data

Answer 1

My solution involves the use of subquery to get the id of the latest grade and then passing it up to the query which then joins both sections and grades table to return section_name and grade. Please consider this more as a psuedocode than a valid sql query as I dont have time to test it. Might come back later to edit it

SELECT section_name, grade FROM sections, grades WHERE sections.id = grades.id AND grades.id = (SELECT id FROM grades WHERE section_id = '$Id' ORDER by date DESC LIMIT 1)