Re: [GENERAL] LIMITS in SELECTs - Mailing list pgsql-general

From dustin sallings
Subject Re: [GENERAL] LIMITS in SELECTs
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Msg-id Pine.NEB.4.02.9901091109030.19316-100000@dhcp-199.west.spy.net
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In response to LIMITS in SELECTs  (Fabrice Scemama <Fabrice.Scemama@GESNET.NET>)
List pgsql-general
On Sat, 9 Jan 1999, Fabrice Scemama wrote:

// Is there a way to select only a range of rows from a table, using a  command
// like:
//
// SELECT * FROM table WHERE where_statement LIMIT 50,100;

    That doesn't make sense in a relational database by itself since
it's not guaranteed to return any particular dataset in any particular
order.  What you want is a cursor.

// I've tried, and then read the doc, but found no information so far.
//
// Thanks in advance.
//
//
//
// Fabrice Scemama
//
//

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