On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 3:51 PM, Scott Marlowe <scott.marlowe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 12:12 PM, Allan Kamau <kamauallan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hi, >> I did follow the basic advise and consulted the documentation for >> "SELECT" and came across "[ FETCH { FIRST | NEXT } [ count ] { ROW | >> ROWS } ONLY]" clause which seems to satisfy my requirement. > > This is a cursor, no. this is sql 2008 syntax for the LIMIT clause: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/sql-select.html#SQL-LIMIT > which is one of two very basic ways of doing this. i agree, that using cursor is another (preferred?) solution for this, -- Atentamente, Jaime Casanova Soporte y capacitación de PostgreSQL Asesoría y desarrollo de sistemas Guayaquil - Ecuador Cel. +59387171157 -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general