You have to have the LIMIT clause after the ORDER clause. Tyler Longren Captain Jack Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.captainjack.com
----- Original Message ----- From: "destr0" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2002 1:32 PM Subject: LIMIT, ORDER Dilema > Can you not have the LIMIT clause before the ORDER Clause in a select query? > > SELECT * FROM myTable LIMIT 30, 45 ORDER BY someField ASC; > > This query ^ fails with the error: > > Error 1064: You have an error in your SQL syntax near ' ORDER BY someField > ASC' at line 1 > > I just want to make sure that the case is that you can't have your LIMIT > clause before your order clause. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php