In a very general way and to support SQL server here is
SELECT TOP(N) *
FROM tbl_name
ORDER BY tbl_id DESC
and for the performance, it is not bad (less than one second for more than 10,000 records On Server machine)
In a very general way and to support SQL server here is
SELECT TOP(N) *
FROM tbl_name
ORDER BY tbl_id DESC
and for the performance, it is not bad (less than one second for more than 10,000 records On Server machine)