How can I select the row with the highest ID in MySQL?

Question

How can I select the row with the highest ID in MySQL? This is my current code:

SELECT * FROM permlog WHERE max(id)

Errors come up, can som

Answer 1

This is the only proposed method who actually selects the whole row, not only the max(id) field. It uses a subquery

SELECT * FROM permlog WHERE id = ( SELECT MAX( id ) FROM permlog )