Richard Broersma wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 4:41 PM, mark <markkicks@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 4:37 PM, Richard Broersma <
>> richard.broersma@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 4:21 PM, mark <markkicks@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> select * from users where session_key is not Null order by id offset
>>>> OFFSET limit 300
>>>>
>>>> One solution is to retain the last ID from the previous scan:
>>> SELECT *
>>> FROM Users
>>> WHERE session_key IS NOT NULL
>>> AND id > your_last_id
>>> LIMIT 300;
>>>
>> will this ensure that no row is repeated when i itereate over the table?
>> what are the rows ordered by?
>> thanks
>>
>
> Ya, sorry I forgot to include the order by.
>
> SELECT *
> FROM Users
> WHERE session_key IS NOT NULL
> AND id > your_last_id
> ORDER BY id
> LIMIT 300;
>
> Yes there will not be any repeated rows sence you are using a order set
> that who's ID are greated than the last set.
>
As there's an index on id would it be faster to transpose the WHERE
conditions?
WHERE id > your_last_id
AND session_key IS NOT NULL
I can't remember if the order of WHERE is significant.