From: Michael Meskes <meskes@postgresql.org>
To: ganesanm <ganesanm@technauts.com>
Cc: pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: How do I select nth row from a table
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 16:11:30 +0200
Message-ID: <20000501161130.A3128@fam-meskes.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <38FE2289.E4A5E849@technauts.com>
References: <38FE2289.E4A5E849@technauts.com>
On Wed, Apr 19, 2000 at 05:18:01PM -0400, ganesanm wrote:
> The following query works well in non-embedded sql
>
> select user_name
> from mail_file_dtl
> where grp_name = 'grp_1'
> order by user_name limit 1 offset 5;
It should work as well under ECPG.
> I tried the following but ecpg returned error on the last
> line.
Sure. First of all there must not be an equal sign. And second ECPG does not
accept a variable here.
> Can a variable name be used in the offset option to pass
> the value ?
Right now: No. But surely this should be done.
Michael
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