Gregory Stark wrote: > > "Simon Riggs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I'm fairly surprised these queries work. Is there some reason why we > > support this? April Fools Day? Jules Verne? I'm all for fast queries, > > but zero seems like the lowest value we should support... > > Huh, I was all set to post an example of a useful application of it but then > apparently I'm wrong and it doesn't work: > > postgres=# select * from generate_series(1,10) offset -1 limit 2; > generate_series > ----------------- > 1 > 2 > (2 rows) > > I'll leave it as an exercise for the reader to guess what I was expecting. > > So given that that doesn't work I don't see any particular reason to accept > negative offsets or limits in 8.4 and on.
Since we got LIMIT/OFFSET from MySQL, would someone tell us how MySQL behaves in these cases? -- Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://postgres.enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend
