Re: Obtaining a limited number of records from a long query

Thanks a million, Andy.

It's precisely what I needed, Indeed!

Best,
Oliveiros

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andy Shellam" <andy-lists@networkmail.eu>
To: "Oliveiros Cristina" <oliveiros.cristina@marktest.pt>
Cc: <pgsql-sql@postgresql.org>
Sent: Monday, May 25, 2009 2:45 PM
Subject: Re: [SQL] Obtaining a limited number of records from a long query


> Hi Oliveiros
>
> Certainly!  What you're looking for is the LIMIT...OFFSET syntax.
>
> Some examples:
>
> SELECT ... LIMIT 10 - return the first 10 records only.
> SELECT ... LIMIT 10 OFFSET 10 - return 10 records, starting with record 
> 11.
>
> Manual page:
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/queries-limit.html
>
> Regards,
> Andy
>
> Oliveiros Cristina wrote:
>> Dear List,
>>  Is there any way to force a query to return just a few records?
>>  For ex, returning just the first ten rows from a long ORDER BY query ?
>>  And then, eventually, obtaining the remaining records at a later time, 
>> or in background?
>>  Thanks in advance for your help,
>>  Best,
>> Oliveiros
>
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