MySQL return first row of a joined table

Question

I have two tables (country & ducks) where the country table has every country in the world and the ducks table has a list of ducks with a country_id field to link to the

Answer 1

Try this:

SELECT c.country, MAX(d.rating) AS max_rating
FROM country c
JOIN ducks d ON c.id = d.country_id
GROUP BY c.id
ORDER BY c.country ASC

If the "highest rating" is 1, then change MAX(d.rating) to MIN(d.rating)