X-Original-To: pgsql-sql-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E71ED7A73 for ; Wed, 24 Aug 2005 20:21:06 -0300 (ADT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 26803-09 for ; Wed, 24 Aug 2005 23:21:02 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4F6CD7A70 for ; Wed, 24 Aug 2005 20:21:01 -0300 (ADT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j7ONL3Lg010455; Wed, 24 Aug 2005 19:21:03 -0400 (EDT) To: "Lane Van Ingen" Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Can EXCEPT Be Used for To Solve This Problem? In-reply-to: References: Comments: In-reply-to "Lane Van Ingen" message dated "Wed, 24 Aug 2005 16:47:16 -0400" Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 19:21:03 -0400 Message-ID: <10454.1124925663@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.006 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.006] X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200508/234 X-Sequence-Number: 22462 "Lane Van Ingen" writes: > I want to select 2nd oldest transaction from foo (transaction 3). Can't you just do select * from foo order by update_time desc offset 1 limit 1 regards, tom lane