fantastic thanks ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Warr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 3:16 AM Subject: RE: Esql row-results
> Then you want to use LIMIT, I think: > > SELECT blah from thetable LIMIT 1 > > Chris. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sharat Koya [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, 12 April 2002 12:00 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Esql row-results > > > unfortunatly not. I am using mysql > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chris Warr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 3:02 AM > Subject: RE: Esql row-results > > > > does 'select top 1 ....' do what you want. It just returns one row of the > > query results. Not sure if all dbs support it though. Very handy though. > > > > Chris. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Sharat Koya [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, 12 April 2002 11:54 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Esql row-results > > > > > > Hi, I have searched through the archives over the past hour and haven't > > found anything for this problem. > > > > What I want to do is execute a esql query that returns the results from a > > table but only selects the first row. eg.. > > normal esql namespace excluded... > > > > <query>select * from action where due < current_timestamp</query> > > <results> > > <row-results> > > <action><get-string column="action"/></action> > > </row-results> > > </results> > > what i want to be able to do is return only one action and ideally the > first > > one it comes across. Once it does i can then set about processing the > action > > and then delete from the database. > > > > any ideas? > > > > thanks for any time put in > > > > Sharat Koya > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Please check that your question has not already been answered in the > > FAQ before posting. <http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/faqs.html> > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > For additional commands, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Please check that your question has not already been answered in the > > FAQ before posting. <http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/faqs.html> > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > For additional commands, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Please check that your question has not already been answered in the > FAQ before posting. <http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/faqs.html> > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Please check that your question has not already been answered in the > FAQ before posting. <http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/faqs.html> > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please check that your question has not already been answered in the FAQ before posting. <http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/faqs.html> To unsubscribe, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>