Re: [SQL] trivial problem - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Roderick A. Anderson
Subject Re: [SQL] trivial problem
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Msg-id Pine.LNX.4.04.9910291001080.6068-100000@asgard.altoplanos.net
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In response to Re: [SQL] trivial problem  (Oleg Bartunov <oleg@sai.msu.su>)
Responses Re: [SQL] trivial problem  ("tjk@tksoft.com" <tjk@tksoft.com>)
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On Fri, 29 Oct 1999, Oleg Bartunov wrote:

> select * from table order by column limit 50
> 

It used to be and could still be in Oracle (sorry to pull them into this)
that limit applied to the selection clause so the first 'n' tulples
selected,not the top/bottom 'n', would be reported.  Would this be a feature of the SQL standard or of Oracles
implementation?  And how does PostgreSQL handle limits?

Rod
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