Re: To Postgres Devs : Wouldn't changing the select limit

Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> > Bruce Momjian writes:
> >
> > > > Break the SQL code that has been implemented for prior versions??
> > > >  Bummer ;((.
> > >
> > > Yes, but we don't follow the MySQL behavior, which we copied when we
> > > added LIMIT.  Seems we should agree with their implementation.
> >
> > Isn't it much worse to not follow PostgreSQL behaviour than to not follow
> > MySQL behaviour?
>
> Well, it was on the TODO list and people complained while porting their
> MySQL applications.  We clearly made a mistake in the initial
> implementation.
>
> The question is do we fix it or continue with a different
> implementation.  Because we have the separate LIMIT and OFFSET we can
> fix it while giving people a solution that will work for all versions.
> If we don't fix it, all MySQL queries that are ported will be broken.

But it seems absurd to trouble existent PG users instead.

regrads,
Hiroshi Inoue