Nevermind, I found in the documentation that I need to paranthesize the SELECT parts of the UNION ALL, like this:
(SELECT X, Y FROM A WHERE W = 1 LIMIT 1000) UNION ALL (SELECT X, Y FROM B WHERE W = 1 LIMIT 1000) ORDER BY X --- "Homam S.A." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > MySQL seems to let me use the LIMIT clause in both > parts of a UNION ALL query, but as soon as I add an > ORDER BY CLAUSE, it gives me a syntax error. > > For example, this query executes fine: > > SELECT * FROM A WHERE X = 1 LIMIT 1000 > UNION ALL > SELECT * FROM B WHERE Y = 1 LIMIT 1000 > > But this returns an error: > > SELECT X, Y FROM A WHERE W = 1 LIMIT 1000 > UNION ALL > SELECT X, Y FROM B WHERE W = 1 LIMIT 1000 > ORDER BY X > > Any way to let sort the result other than a temp > table? > > Thanks, > > Homam > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: > http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
