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From: Andrew Sullivan <ajs@crankycanuck.ca>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Does Postgresql have a similar pseudo-column "ROWNUM" as Oracle?
Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 13:06:36 -0400
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In-Reply-To: <DCD4903594CCF34CAFE200BDF3448D8D5B291A@tshuscodenmbx01.ERF.THOMSON.COM>
References: <DCD4903594CCF34CAFE200BDF3448D8D5B291A@tshuscodenmbx01.ERF.THOMSON.COM>

On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 01:07:00PM -0600, Dennis.Jiang@thomson.com wrote:
> 
> Does Postgresql have a similar pseudo-column "ROWNUM" as Oracle? If
> so, we can write the following query:

No.  What is the purpose of your query?  You could use ORDER BY and
LIMIT..OFFSET to do what you want. I think.

A

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Andrew Sullivan  | ajs@crankycanuck.ca
The whole tendency of modern prose is away from concreteness.
		--George Orwell



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