What are the potential pitfalls of using LIMIT in a MySQL query to retrieve the latest entries?

Using LIMIT in a MySQL query to retrieve the latest entries can lead to inaccurate results if the entries are not properly sorted. To ensure the latest entries are retrieved correctly, it is important to include an ORDER BY clause in the query to sort the results in descending order based on a timestamp or date column. 

// Retrieve the latest entries from a MySQL database table
$query = "SELECT * FROM table_name ORDER BY timestamp_column DESC LIMIT 10";
$result = mysqli_query($connection, $query);

// Loop through the results
while ($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result)) {
    // Process each entry
}

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MySQL LIMIT query retrieval entries

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