Re: [SQL] LIMIT 1; The Integer part only

2009-09-03 Thread Christophe Pettus


On Sep 3, 2009, at 5:49 PM, bilal ghayyad wrote:
1) When writing the function (I mean sql function) in the  
postgresql, I noticed the use for LIMIT 1, but did not understand  
what does it mean and why we use it?


It restricts the number of rows returned by the SELECT.  You can find  
the documentation here:


http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/interactive/sql-select.html#SQL-LIMIT



2) Also in the function (the sql function) in the postgresql, if I  
need to take the integer part of the number, which math function can  
do this for me?


floor or trunc, depending on the behavior you want for negative numbers:

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/interactive/functions-math.html

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Re: [SQL] Union Question

2010-12-03 Thread Christophe Pettus

On Dec 3, 2010, at 9:04 AM, Shaun McCloud wrote:

> I’m trying that, but I am getting an error that says “ERROR:  function 
> dblink_connect(unknown, unknown) does not exist”

dblink is a contrib module, and needs to be installed before use:

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/interactive/dblink.html

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Re: [SQL] Union Question

2010-12-03 Thread Christophe Pettus

On Dec 3, 2010, at 9:08 AM, Shaun McCloud wrote:

> That would be nice to see in the documentation for dblink

It's true of all contrib modules; that's mentioned at the start of the contrib 
section:

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/interactive/contrib.html
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