> Is there a simple way in MySQL to only select the first x rows that meet > a specified criteria. > For example in Oracle the following would work: > Select * from Blah where stuff="true" and rownum <= 10 ? (where rownum is not a specific column, just a count of how many rows > have been returned) > But MySQL doesn't like this. > Anyone know the correct way to approach this?? The keyword you want is LIMIT - see http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/SELECT.html LIMIT 5 - return first five rows LIMIT 5, 10 - return sixth through fifteenth rows (row numbers count from o) Alec --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
