Alternative to using LIMIT keyword in a SubQuery in MYSQL

You can also use same query, just by adding one extra layer of select before subquery. and that's it. It will work.

select * from test 
where code_ver IN (select * from (select DISTINCT code_ver 
                      from test 
                     where code_ver NOT LIKE '%DevBld%' 
                     ORDER by date DESC LIMIT 10) as t1);

Put the subquery in a derived table:

   SELECT test.*
     FROM test
LEFT JOIN (SELECT DISTINCT code_ver
             FROM mastertest
            WHERE code_ver NOT LIKE '%DevBld%'
            ORDER BY `date` DESC
            LIMIT 10) d
    USING (code_ver)
    WHERE d.code_ver IS NOT NULL;

(You could also RIGHT JOIN that, of course, and drop the outer WHERE condition.)

Answer suggested by Layke is wrong in my purview. Intention of using limit in subquery is so main query run on limited records fetched from subquery. And if we keep limit outside then it makes limit useless for subquery.

Since mysql doesn't support yet limit in subquery, instead you can use JOIN as follows:

       
    SELECT * FROM test
    JOIN 
    (
        SELECT DISTINCT code_ver 
        FROM test 
        WHERE code_ver NOT LIKE '%DevBld%' 
        ORDER BY date DESC LIMIT 10
    ) d
    ON test.code_ver
    IN (d.code_ver)
    ORDER BY xyz;