From: Another Trad <anothertrad@gmail.com>
To: Lee Hachadoorian <lee.hachadoorian@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: LIMIT BASED ON PERCENT
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:24:09 -0300
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<5ab13580911181121g6e89759doa6c6ea6557424f71@mail.gmail.com>
No, It doesn't.
In my machine:
First select
ERROR: syntax error at end of input
LINE 1: select * from rapadura.cliente limit 20%
^
Second one:
ERROR: argument of LIMIT must not contain subqueries
Postgres 8.3
2009/11/18 Lee Hachadoorian <lee.hachadoorian@gmail.com>
> Your SQL works for me exactly as it is (substituting a table in my
> database). What error are you getting?
>
> On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 2:12 PM, Another Trad <anothertrad@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > My question is quite simple: I want to select all the records from my
> table,
> > but I want apply a LIMIT of 20% in the lines. like:
> > select * from client limit 20%
> > I have tried (of course, with no success) this:
> > select * from client limit ((select count(*) from client)*20/100)
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Lee Hachadoorian
> PhD Student, Geography
> Program in Earth & Environmental Sciences
> CUNY Graduate Center
>
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