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"group by desc" syntax error on mysql 8.0 which is fine on 5.7


The statement is like SELECT * FROM db.table group by id desc;

Would raise an error like

15:02:24 SELECT * FROM db.table group by id desc LIMIT 0, 10 Error Code: 1064. You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'desc LIMIT 0, 10' at line 1 0.00014 sec

on MySQL 8.0.13 in Ubuntu 18.04 Desktop 64bit

which would be fine on MySQL 5.7 in Windows or CentOS or Ubuntu.

I know basically, the select statement is like.

SELECT statement... [WHERE condition | GROUP BY `field_name(s)` HAVING condition] ORDER BY `field_name(s)` [ASC | DESC];

So is this 5.7's problem not to issue the error?

Or something more complicated on SQL standard?


Solution

  • I have the same issue, so for MySQL 8, I used the sql like that:

    SELECT * FROM db.table 
    group by id 
    order by id desc