I think you could get away with selecting the specific columns in the first line, while doing a generic "select *" in the inner select.

The baz is a table alias for the inner select, which I believe mysql requires (although I haven't verified if you can omit it). It allows you to explicitly name the columns in the outer select, e.g. 

    select baz.id, foo.name
    from foo,                    -- regular table
    ( 
       select id, frob from bar
    ) baz                        -- a sub-select

    where foo.id = baz.frob      -- something that joins the two

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You can see there that it helps to disambiguate between foo.id and baz.id, that's why it's good that sub-selects can be named.

In reply to Re^3: (OT) MySQL query to limit and sort by rhesa
in thread (OT) MySQL query to limit and sort by Anonymous Monk

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