select from database where highest value

[keyboard]

Hello everyone,

I've got a database named dictionary with four fields -
id
word
hash
times

The insert code looks like this

$time = time();
$sql = mysql_query ("INSERT INTO dictionary (id,word,hash,times) VALUES ('0','".$word."','".$hash."','".$time."')"); 

I'd like to select the entry that has the highest times field, and then echo the word and hash fields.

Any help?

[traq]

SELECT * FROM dictionary ORDER BY times DESC LIMIT 1

[ibullock]

Your code should look something like:

$result = mysql_query("SELECT word,hash FROM dictionary ORDER BY times DESC LIMIT 1");

while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
  echo $row['word'] . " " . $row['hash'];  
} 

That should select 1 row, with the highest value for "times". If you wanted a list ordered by "times" you can remove the "LIMIT 1" from the end of the statement.