how to get latest record or record with max corresponding date of all distinct values in a column in mysql?

Question

For Example, I have table like this:

Date      | Id | Total
-----------------------
2014-01-08  1    15
2014-01-09  3    24
2014-02-04  3    24
2014-03-15  1             


        

Answer 1

Another way is by using INNER JOIN

Find the latest date per ID then join result back to the table to get the value

select A.ID,A.Date,A.value 
from yourtable A 
INNER JOIN 
(
select MAX(date) as Date,ID 
from yourtable
group by ID 
) B
ON A.ID =B.ID and A.Date = B.Date