Re: [HACKERS] SELECT ... LIMIT (trial implementation)

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] SELECT ... LIMIT (trial implementation)
Date: 1998-10-18 16:01:53
Message-ID: 2275.908726513@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> OK, I assume you are saying that you like LIMIT/OFFSET in the query, but
> not as a SET command that could be unreliable.

Precisely. Adding LIMIT/OFFSET options to SELECT sounds like a good idea
for all the reasons previously given. But the SET QUERYLIMIT command
is positively dangerous --- I think we should take it out.

regards, tom lane

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