--- pginfo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a table tableA ( ....,order_num int). > > I will to delete some records from tableA but in asc > or desc > order_num-order. > > Is it possible to write delete from tableA where > (some conditions) order > by order_num ? > > Many thanks, > ivan. >
Try the following: DELETE FROM tableA WHERE order_num IN ( SELECT order_num FROM tableA ORDER BY order_num LIMIT n OFFSET m); Use LIMIT to determine the number of rows to delete and OFFSET to determine the "starting row". ludwig __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly