Re: [HACKERS] SELECT ... LIMIT (trial implementation) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> What if someone wants the rows from 500 to the end.  Should we allow
> the syntax to be:
>          SELECT ... [LIMIT count] [OFFSET offset]
> LIMIT and OFFSET are independent.

I like that syntax the best, but remember we are not inventing in
a green field here.  Isn't this a feature that already exists in
other DBMs?  We should probably copy their syntax, unless it's
truly spectacularly awful...

            regards, tom lane