unique chat records sql - sql-server

Question

I have DB which having 5 column as follows:
message_id
user_id_send
user_id_rec
message_date
message_details
Looking for a SQL Serve Query, I want to Filter Results from two columns (user_id_send,user_id_rec)for Given User ID based on following constrains:
Get the Latest Record (filtered on date or message_id)
Only Unique Records (1 - 2 , 2 - 1 are same so only one record will be returned which ever is the latest one)
Ordered by Descending based on message_id
SQL Query
The main purpose of this query is to get records of user_id to find out to whom he has sent messages and from whom he had received messages.
I have also attached the sheet for your reference.
Here is my try
WITH t
AS (SELECT *
FROM messages
WHERE user_id_sender = 1)
SELECT DISTINCT user_id_reciever,
*
FROM t;
WITH h
AS (SELECT *
FROM messages
WHERE user_id_reciever = 1)
SELECT DISTINCT user_id_sender,
*
FROM h;

Answer 1

;WITH tmpMsg AS (
SELECT M2.message_id
,M2.user_id_receiver
,M2.user_id_sender
,M2.message_date
,M2.message_details
,ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY user_id_receiver+user_id_sender ORDER BY message_date DESC) AS 'RowNum'
FROM messages M2
WHERE M2.user_id_receiver = 1
OR M2.user_id_sender = 1
)
SELECT T.message_id
,T.user_id_receiver
,T.user_id_sender
,T.message_date
,T.message_details
FROM tmpMsg T
WHERE RowNum <= 1
The above should fetch you the results you are looking for when you query for a particular user_id (replace the 1 with parameter e.g. #p_user_id). The user_id_receiver+user_id_sender in the PARTITION clause ensure that records with user id combinations such as 1 - 2, 2 - 1 are not selected twice.
Hope this helps.

Answer 2

select * from
(
select ROW_NUMBER() over (order by message_date DESC) as rowno,
* from messages
where user_id_receiver = 1
--order by message_date DESC
) T where T.rowno = 1
UNION ALL
select * from
(
select ROW_NUMBER() over (order by message_date DESC) as rowno,
* from messages
where user_id_sender = 1
-- order by message_date DESC
) T where T.rowno = 1
Explanation: For each group of user_id_sender, it orders internally by message_date desc, and then adds row numbers, and we only want the first one (chronologically last). Then do the same for user_id_receiver, and union the results together to get 1 result set with all the desired rows. You can then add your own order by clause and additional where conditions at the end as required.
Of course, this only works for any 1 user_id at a time (replace =1 with #user_id).
To get a result from all user_id's at once, is a totally different query, so I hope this helps?