MySQL Group By get title column with smallest date

Question

I have a query like:

SELECT *
FROM table
GROUP BY sid
ORDER BY datestart desc
LIMIT 10

which returns the last 10 sid groups.

For each of these groups, I need the title column of the row with the lowest datestart value

I tried using

SELECT *, min(datestart)

but that didn't return the row with the smallest datestart value, just the lowest datestart. I need the title from the lowest datestart.

(Relevant) Table Structure:

    CREATE TABLE `table` (
  `title` varchar(1000) NOT NULL,
  `datestart` timestamp NOT NULL default CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
  `sid` bigint(12) unsigned NOT NULL,
  KEY `datestart` (`datestart`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;

Any ideas?

Answer 1

Updated answer

select t1.* from `table` as t1
inner join (
select sid,min(datestart) as elder
from `table`
group by sid
order by elder desc limit 10) as t2
on t1.sid = t2.sid and t1.datestart = t2.elder

Use a composite index on (sid,datestart)

Answer 2

Try this query. You will get expected results. If it don't work change Table_2.datestart > Table_1.datestart by Table_2.datestart < Table_1.datestart

SELECT title, datestart
FROM `table` AS Table_1
LEFT JOIN `table` AS Table_2 ON (Table_2.sid = Table_1.sid AND Table_2.datestart > Table_1.datestart)
Table_2.sid IS NULL;

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Edited query

SELECT Table_1.title, Table_1.datestart
FROM `table` AS Table_1
LEFT JOIN `table` AS Table_2 ON (Table_2.sid = Table_1.sid AND Table_2.datestart > Table_1.datestart)
Table_2.sid IS NULL;