How do I get the max id from the first n id's in a MySQL table?

Question

I am trying to get the max id of the first n id's in a MySQL database table where the ids are not necessarily sequential. The first n id's are determined by ordering by id ascending. I am using the following query, but this returns the max id in the entire table.

SELECT MAX( id )
FROM files
ORDER BY id ASC
LIMIT 8750000

What am I doing wrong, or ... how do I do this?

Answer 1

SELECT MAX(t.id) FROM
(SELECT id FROM files order by id ASC limit <n>) AS t ;

Of course you will need to replace <n> with an actual value you need.