Depends on which version of Postgres you?re using (pre-8.0 or post-8.0) I think the format changed from v8.0 onwards. So, for example, post-8.0: SELECT email_address FROM account_details ORDER BY address_id LIMIT 1 OFFSET 0; Will bring back the first row. The following will bring back the next and so on: SELECT email_address FROM account_details ORDER BY address_id LIMIT 1 OFFSET 1; Pre-8.0 the queries would be: SELECT email_address FROM account_details ORDER BY address_id LIMIT 1, 0; SELECT email_address FROM account_details ORDER BY address_id LIMIT 1, 1; Note LIMIT 1, 0 (and LIMIT 1 OFFSET 0) is the same as LIMIT 1 Andy ________________________________________ From: sandhya [mailto:sandhyar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 16 May 2006 2:28 pm To: andy.shellam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [ADMIN] reg:Query yes..I got it. SELECT .................... LIMIT x OFFSET y.Am i right? ----- Original Message ----- From: Andy Shellam To: 'sandhya' Cc: pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 6:35 PM Subject: FW: [ADMIN] reg:Query Actually, just realized, this depends on your PGSQL version. The older format (pre-8.0 I believe) is SELECT ?.. LIMIT x, y (where x is the number of rows to fetch, and y is the offset (ie. Select x number of rows, starting from row y.) Andy ________________________________________ From: pgsql-admin-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pgsql-admin-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andy Shellam Sent: 16 May 2006 1:57 pm To: 'sandhya' Cc: pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [ADMIN] reg:Query SELECT ?.. LIMIT 1 Will get the first row in the dataset. Then to fetch the next row, you can do SELECT ?? LIMIT 1 OFFSET 1 (will get the 2nd record) and so on. (replace ?.. with your conditions, LIMIT must come at the end of the query) Andy ________________________________________ From: pgsql-admin-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pgsql-admin-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of sandhya Sent: 16 May 2006 11:47 am To: Postgres Cc: sandhya Subject: [ADMIN] reg:Query Hi Is there any query for possibility of getting only one row at a time in a group of records? With distinct rows & Columns my query has to return only one record at a time with out any condition.Will it be possible? Thank you, Sandhya !DSPAM:14,4469d1a234495652214946!