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tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us wrote:
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> ISTM that a LIMIT without an ORDER BY is a pretty bad idea, btw.

Some databases actually output a warning when you do that, telling you your
result is non-deterministic. Which seems to me to be a little presumptuous...