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From: Tom Lane <[email protected]>
To: Jaime Casanova <[email protected]>
Cc: pgsql-docs <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: incorrect syntax for offset
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:56:39 -0400
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Jaime Casanova <[email protected]> writes:
> i read that as allow me to use the ROWS in an OFFSET clause whatever i
> use LIMIT or FETCH for limiting results but seems like we try hard to
> make a distinguish from old syntax and new (sql standard) syntax

> pruebas=# select * from tab1 limit 3 offset 2 rows;
> ERROR:  syntax error at or near "rows"
> LINE 1: select * from tab1 limit 3 offset 2 rows;
>                                             ^
> pruebas=# select * from tab1 offset 2 fetch next 3 rows only;
> ERROR:  syntax error at or near "fetch"
> LINE 1: select * from tab1 offset 2 fetch next 3 rows only;

Hmm.  Seems like we could refactor the select_limit production so it
actually allows all the reasonable combinations.  Let me have a look...

			regards, tom lane

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