Re: [GENERAL] To Postgres Devs : Wouldn't changing the select limit - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Thomas Lockhart
Subject Re: [GENERAL] To Postgres Devs : Wouldn't changing the select limit
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Msg-id 3BD3B3EE.CD7B22D1@fourpalms.org
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> > > I am confused.  While LIMIT and OFFSET may are potential SQL standard
> > > reserved words, I don't see how LIMIT #,# would ever be a standard
> > > specification.  Do you see this somewhere I am missing.  Again, LIMIT
> > > #,# is the only syntax we are removing.
> > If you are confident that LIMIT #,# would never be an official SQL
> > standard who am I to second guess that ;) I don't see that possibility
> > anywhere either, but I just wanted to make sure. The possibility that it
> > might become an official standard is the only objection I had against
> > deprecating and eventual elimination of that syntax.
> > LIMIT # OFFSET # has my vote.
> OK, we have received only one vote to keep LIMIT #,# working for one
> more release, and several to remove it so I am committing a patch now to
> remove LIMIT #,# and instead have them use LIMIT # OFFSET #:

I've cc'd this to the hackers list. I know the discussion started on
general, but if I hadn't been subscribed to *that* list I'd have never
known about any of this. And noone else on hackers would either.
                   - Thomas


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