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* grouping and first()
@ 2002-10-24 08:12 peter <peter@peter.com>
  2002-10-25 15:06 ` Re: grouping and first() Chad Thompson <chad@weblinkservices.com>
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From: peter @ 2002-10-24 08:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: pgsql-sql

Hi, just wondering if anyone can tell me what replaces the first  function
in access.


Thanks

PEter





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* Re: grouping and first()
  2002-10-24 08:12 grouping and first() peter <peter@peter.com>
@ 2002-10-25 15:06 ` Chad Thompson <chad@weblinkservices.com>
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From: Chad Thompson @ 2002-10-25 15:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: peter <peter@peter.com>; pgsql-sql

select first(a) from ta order by a

in access, is equivilent to

select a from ta order by a limit 1

Thanks
Chad
P.S.  Note that access will always return the same value if you exclude the
order by, this is not necessarily true with postgresql or any real RDBS.

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From: "peter" <peter@peter.com>
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Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 2:12 AM
Subject: [SQL] grouping and first()


> Hi, just wondering if anyone can tell me what replaces the first  function
> in access.
>
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> Thanks
>
> PEter
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