> On 28/04/2008, Martijn Tonies <m.tonies@upscene.com> wrote:
>
> > > 1. the newest message between myself and person A
> > > 2. the newest message between myself and person B
> > > 3. the newest message between myself and person C
> > > 4. the newest message between myself and person D
>
> > Still, define "newest":
> >
> > - newest according to date?
> > - newest not yet read message?
> > - something else?
>
> newest according to date of creation.

There are probably other solutions, but this seems to work:

select *
from ( select * from msgs order by msgs.created desc ) t
where sender = 1 or recipient = 1
group by sender, recipient

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