"Dan Langille" <dan@langille.org> writes:
> If I want all the items on the last 100 orders, I'd start like this:
> SELECT *
> from orders, order_items
> where order_items.order_id = orders.id
> LIMIT 100
I think you want
SELECT *
from (SELECT * from orders order by ID DESC limit 100) as recent_orders, order_items
where order_items.order_id = recent_orders.id
regards, tom lane