No you can't, but check out LIMIT. Marco Stagno wrote:
>>IMHO, The Right Thing to do this, is to create the additional data in >>your application (as you said you won't change the table). >> > >(...) > >thank you! > >>If you want this with SQL for sure, using user-defined variables will >>work: >> > >cool. sorry, but I'm still learning, since I'm into MySQL from a few time >only! > >>mysql> select @a := @a + 1 AS pos, gid from config where gid>300000 limit 10; >>+------+--------+ >>| pos | gid | >>+------+--------+ >>| 1 | 300001 | >>| 2 | 300002 | >>| 3 | 300003 | >> > >...can I use the "pos" data in a "WHERE" statment? > >something like.. > >select @a := @a + 1 AS pos, gid from config where pos > 100 and pos <200 ? > >(or there is a better way to have a particular subset of data WITHOUT >HAVING ANY INFO ON THE DB STRUCTURE?! I'm trying to have a tool to paging >the query result in a gui structure) > >>Another approach would be to select the data into a TEMPORARY TABLE. >> > >how can I do that? > >thank you very much again! > >bye bye! > > MAS! > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >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