Tim Uckun <timuckun@gmail.com> writes:
> I am using a library which is emitting SQL like this SELECT COUNT(*)
> FROM batches LIMIT 15 OFFSET 15 the library fails because on postgres
> this query returns nothing (not even zero as a result). Presumably it
> returns some valid value on mysql and other databases.
FWIW, I just tried it on mysql 5.5.2, and got results similar to
Postgres: the limit/offset are considered to apply to the single
aggregated row, not the aggregate's input rows as that library
seems to be expecting. I wonder what database they were using
for testing ...
regards, tom lane