drop table if exists t1; create table t1 (a int not null auto_increment, b int not null, primary key(a)); insert into t1 (b) values (2),(3),(5),(5),(5),(6),(7),(9); select SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS * from t1; a b 1 2 2 3 3 5 4 5 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 9 select found_rows(); FOUND_ROWS() 8 select SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS * from t1 limit 1; a b 1 2 select found_rows(); FOUND_ROWS() 8 select SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS * from t1 order by b desc limit 1; a b 8 9 select found_rows(); FOUND_ROWS() 8 select SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS distinct b from t1 limit 1; b 2 select found_rows(); FOUND_ROWS() 6 select SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS b,count(*) as c from t1 group by b order by c desc limit 1; b c 5 3 select found_rows(); FOUND_ROWS() 6 select SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS * from t1 left join t1 as t2 on (t1.b=t2.a) limit 2,1; a b a b 3 5 5 5 select found_rows(); FOUND_ROWS() 8 drop table t1;