On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 04:47:16PM -0400, Lane Van Ingen wrote: > Given the following data in a table named 'foo' : > id update_time description > 2 2005-08-24 00:10:00 transaction1 > 2 2005-08-24 00:22:00 transaction2 > 2 2005-08-24 00:34:00 transaction3 > 2 2005-08-24 00:58:00 transaction4 > > I want to select 2nd oldest transaction from foo (transaction 3). The > solution below > works, but I think there may be a better way. Does anyone else have a better > idea?
Do you want the 2nd oldest transaction from the entire table? If so then the following should work: SELECT * FROM foo ORDER BY update_time OFFSET 1 LIMIT 1; If that's not what you're after then please elaborate. -- Michael Fuhr ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend
