Re: To Postgres Devs : Wouldn't changing the select limit - Mailing list pgsql-general

I think that's a grand idea.  Mysql does a lot of things in an 'odd' way
and I prefer the unambiguous LIMIT .. OFFSET form, it follows the design
of SQL in general.

-d

Bruce Momjian wrote:

>OK, it seems enough people don't want this change that we have to do
>something.  What do people suggest?  Can we throw an elog(NOTICE)
>message in 7.2 stating that LIMIT #,# will disappear in the next release
>and to start using LIMIT/OFFSET.  That way, people can migrate their
>code to LIMIT/OFFSET during 7.2 and it can disappear in 7.3?
>
>I frankly think the LIMIT #,# is way too confusing anyway and would be
>glad to have it removed.
>