you can also do select ... order by update_time desc offset 1 limit 1
On Thursday 25 August 2005 10:47 am, Vivek Khera wrote: > On Aug 24, 2005, at 4:47 PM, Lane Van Ingen wrote: > > 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? > > why not just select order by update_time desc limit 2 then discard > the first row you fetch? > > > Vivek Khera, Ph.D. > +1-301-869-4449 x806 > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to > choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not > match ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: 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