Every developer knows the horror of mysql sort/order by or select distinct using with group by. Mysql does group by before order by and you get mixed results not what you expected. This is a small solution with less performance problem:
SELECT * FROM
(
select * from `my_table` order by timestamp desc
) as my_table_tmp
group by catid
order by nid desc
In this example we get latest news in each category. We create a temp table by sorting by timestamp and group by after it. It worked for me.
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This is a really good
This is a really good solution, I think it will be clear to everyone.