Re: [SQL] SELECT TOP X -- part 2 -- parse error? - Mailing list pgsql-sql

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Justin Long wrote:
> 
> I did upgrade to Postgresql 6.5... and as far as I can tell the install was
> successful. As I noted it seems to be recognizing the LIMIT command... just
> hitting a parse error at the '5' modifier.
> 
> Justin
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-pgsql-sql@postgreSQL.org
> > [mailto:owner-pgsql-sql@postgreSQL.org]On Behalf Of Michael J Davis
> > Sent: Thursday, April 22, 1999 5:13 PM
> > To: 'justinlong@xc.org'; pgsql-sql@hub.org
> > Subject: RE: [SQL] SELECT TOP X -- part 2 -- parse error?
> >
> >
> > The LIMIT clause is new for version 6.5.  You will need to upgrade to take
> > advantage of "LIMIT".
> >
> >       -----Original Message-----
> >       From:   Justin Long [SMTP:justinlong@strategicnetwork.org]
> >       Sent:   Thursday, April 22, 1999 12:53 PM
> >       To:     pgsql-sql@hub.org
> >       Subject:        [SQL] SELECT TOP X -- part 2 -- parse error?
> >
> >       Thanks for the answers. I downloaded and installed PG5... now I have
> > a new
> >       problem. I can't seem to access any documentation on the syntax of
> > the new
> >       additions to PG5, and I'm getting a parse error with the following
> > command
> >
> >               SELECT * FROM database LIMIT 5
> >
> >       It says
> >
> >               parse error at or near "5"
> >
> >       Also PSQL seems to still say 6.4.2 and have all the 6.4.2 functions
> >       described in its help files. Is this indicative of a bad install?
> > Everything
> >       I saw appeared to indicate PG5 had installed properly and this parse
> > error
> >       leads me to think it is trying to interpret the LIMIT command but is
> > having
> >       problems with syntax.
> >
> >       Justin
> >
> >       -----Original Message-----
> >       From: owner-pgsql-sql@postgreSQL.org
> >       [mailto:owner-pgsql-sql@postgreSQL.org] On Behalf Of Justin Long
> >       Sent: Thursday, April 22, 1999 10:33 AM
> >       To: pgsql-sql@hub.org
> >       Subject: [SQL] SELECT TOP _x_ ??
> >
> >
> >       In Microsoft SQL Server you could issue a command
> >
> >               SELECT TOP 5 * FROM database...
> >
> >
> >       The top 5 indicator would mean to take the top 5 records that
> > matched the
> >       criteria. I can't seem to find any way to do this in PostgreSQL. I
> > have a
> >       database of 385 records (which will grow rapidly over the next few
> > months)
> >       and it takes better than 5 seconds to SELECT from the 385 and then
> > use a
> >       while loop to display the top 4. I can't imagine what it will be
> > like when
> >       we reach, say, 10,000 records! So any suggestions for selecting just
> > the top
> >       5 and speeding the process up a bit?
> >
> >       Any responses will be greatly appreciated. Respond here or to
> >       JustinLong@strategicnetwork.org ...
> >
> >
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