Efficiently store last X items in an MySQL Database

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Published on 2010-04-06T08:49:58Z Indexed on 2010/04/06 8:53 UTC
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I want to store the last 3 items in an MySQL database in an efficient way. So when the 4th item is stored the first should be deleted.

The way I do this not is first run a query getting the items. Than check what I should do then insert/delete.

There has to be a better way to do this. Any suggestions?

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