From: Tomasz Myrta <jasiek@klaster.net>
To: Gary Stainburn <gary.stainburn@ringways.co.uk>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: sort / limit / range problem
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 15:47:24 +0800
Message-ID: <20030305154724.M33531@klaster.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200303051437.47161.gary.stainburn@ringways.co.uk>
References: <200303051437.47161.gary.stainburn@ringways.co.uk>
> Hi folks,
>
> I've got a glossary table that I'm trying to render to HTML.
> However, I've got a problem when using order by and limit. Below
> is an example of a psql session showing my problem. Anyone got any
> reasons why the last select misses 'Driver'?
>
Everything is ok. Without order by, limit has undeterminated result. It is
described in Postgresql documentation.
Try this:
select glterm from glossary where glterm > 'Driving Wheels'
order by glterm limit 1
select glterm from glossary where glterm > 'Draw Bar'
order by glterm limit 1
Regards,
Tomasz Myrta
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