From: | Gary Stainburn <gary(dot)stainburn(at)ringways(dot)co(dot)uk> |
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To: | Achilleus Mantzios <achill(at)matrix(dot)gatewaynet(dot)com> |
Cc: | "Tomasz Myrta" <jasiek(at)klaster(dot)net>, pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: sort / limit / range problem |
Date: | 2003-03-05 16:00:12 |
Message-ID: | 200303051600.12841.gary.stainburn@ringways.co.uk |
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On Wednesday 05 Mar 2003 6:59 pm, you wrote:
> On Wed, 5 Mar 2003, Gary Stainburn wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > I've got a glossary table that I'm trying to render to HTML. However,
> > I've got a problem when using order by and limit. Below is an example of
> > a psql session showing my problem. Anyone got any reasons why the last
> > select misses 'Driver'?
>
> You forgot ORDER BY glterm
Thanks you too, sometimes you can't see the wood for the trees
Gary
>
> > nymr=# select glterm from glossary where glterm like 'D%' order by
> > glterm; glterm
> > ----------------
> > Dampers
> > Dart
> > Detonators
> > Disposal
> > Dome
> > Draw Bar
> > Driver
> > Driving Wheels
> > Duty Fitter
> > (9 rows)
> >
> > nymr=# select glterm from glossary where glterm > 'Driving Wheels' limit
> > 1; glterm
> > -------------
> > Duty Fitter
> > (1 row)
> >
> > nymr=# select glterm from glossary where glterm > 'Draw Bar' limit 1;
> > glterm
> > ----------------
> > Driving Wheels
> > (1 row)
> >
> > nymr=# \d glossary
> > Table "glossary"
> > Attribute | Type | Modifier
> > -----------+-----------------------+-------------------------------------
> >---------------- glid | integer | not null default
> > nextval('glossary_glid_seq'::text)
> > glterm | character varying(30) | not null
> > gldesc | text |
> > Indices: glossary_pkey,
> > glossary_term_index
> >
> > nymr=#
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