Only 10 entries for table

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December 6th, 2007, 02:11 AM

gene77

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Only 10 entries for table

I only want to allow 10 newest signups to be stored in my table.. do I use INSERT INTO or UPDATE?
this will be used on a member join script for my site, I want to display the 10 most recent member joins without having to use SELECT with a LIMIT.
right now I am using:
mysql_query("INSERT INTO `newestusers` VALUES ('$username','$id')");
and then just selecting the data with LIMIT

I just dont want a bunch of un-used data sitting in the table if it doesnt have to.

Thanks guys.

December 18th, 2007, 03:31 PM

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there is absolutely no point to doing this.

how about this, create a view

Code:

CREATE VIEW newestusers AS
SELECT * 
FROM users
ORDER BY joined_date DESC
LIMIT 10

then in your code just do a

Code:

select * from newestusers

and viola you will get the 10 newest.

although, exactly what is the point of this? why are you against using normal, proven methods?

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