On 11/15/07, Abraham, Danny <danny_abraham@xxxxxxx> wrote: > With Oracle we do it with: delete ,tname> where <cond> and rownum < Y; You could create a temporary sequence: create temporary sequence foo_seq; delete from foos where nextval('foo_seq') < 50000; I'm not sure how fast nextval() is, even on temporary sequences; but it should be reasonably fast. If it's a FIFO queue, the table surely has some explicit order through a column which you will need as part of the query? Alexander. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq