From: Sferacarta Software <sferac@bo.nettuno.it>
To: pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org, RADHAKRISHNAN C V <cvr@md2.vsnl.net.in>
Subject: Re: [INTERFACES] limiting the rows selected in postgresql
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1998 14:33:06 +0100
Message-ID: <7606.981109@bo.nettuno.it> (raw)
References: <Pine.OSF.3.95.981109182032.10351B-100000@md2.vsnl.net.in>
Hello Radhakrishnan,
lunedì, 9 novembre 98, you wrote:
RCV> how can i limit the number of rows obtained from a select statement
RCV> in postgreSQL to say, 10 rows while the select condition actually
RCV> matches more than that. in oracle we can use the ROW_NUM variable
RCV> for this purpose but now i met such an issue with postgreSQL
On v6.4 you can specify a limit for queries as:
set QUERY_LIMIT TO '10';
To have only the first 10 rows from a select;
-Jose'-
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