Re: Can EXCEPT Be Used for To Solve This Problem? - Mailing list pgsql-sql

you can also do 

select ... order by update_time desc offset 1 limit 1

On Thursday 25 August 2005 10:47 am, Vivek Khera wrote:
> On Aug 24, 2005, at 4:47 PM, Lane Van Ingen wrote:
> > I want to select 2nd oldest transaction from foo (transaction 3). The
> > solution below
> > works, but I think there may be a better way. Does anyone else have
> > a better
> > idea?
>
> why not just select order by update_time desc limit 2 then discard
> the first row you fetch?
>
>
> Vivek Khera, Ph.D.
> +1-301-869-4449 x806
>
>
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