Re: Fetching last n records from Posgresql

["Deole, Pushkar (Pushkar)" <pdeole@xxxxxxxxx>]

select * from t order by record_date desc limit 5;

 

this will return the recent 5 records.. what I want is the oldest 5 records (in last 30 days)

 

From: pgsql-general-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pgsql-general-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John R Pierce
Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2016 12:38 PM
To: pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Fetching last n records from Posgresql

 

On 3/29/2016 11:40 PM, Deole, Pushkar (Pushkar) wrote:

 

WITH t AS (

    SELECT * FROM mytable ORDER BY record_date ASC LIMIT 5

)

SELECT * FROM t ORDER BY record_date DESC;

 

why do it twice when you can just do....



    select * from t order by record_date desc limit 5;

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john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz