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MySQL: Select rows with highest value in a column only

Hello,

I want to fetch rows with the highest value in a column.
With this table contents given:

ID --- VERSION --- text
1  --- 1              --- abc
1  --- 2              --- def
1  --- 3              --- ghj
2  --- 1              --- mno
3  --- 1              --- uvw
3  --- 2              --- xyz

I want a query that gives me

ID --- VERSION --- text
1  --- 3              --- ghj
2  --- 1              --- mno
3  --- 2              --- xyz

as result. I need a performant query, as this query will by executed quite often (possibly multiple times when visiting a page).

I startet experimenting with GROUP BY, but couldn't quite get to a working result.

I'd be glad if someone could help me on this one.
CREATE TABLE test(id INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, version SMALLINT NOT NULL DEFAULT 1, text TEXT, PRIMARY KEY(id, version));
 
INSERT INTO test(id, version, text) values(1, 1, 'abc'), (1, 2, 'def'), (1, 3, 'ghj'), (2, 1, 'mno'), (3, 1, 'uvw'), (3, 2, 'xyz');

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Thanks, works great.