Re: [SQL] Limit doesn't work with select unions

It's fixed in current 6.5 sources. Wait for 6.5.3 or just
get REL6_5 tree from cvs
Oleg

On Mon, 25 Oct 1999, Postgres wrote:

> Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 01:27:40 -0700
> From: Postgres <postgres@weblynk.com>
> To: "pgsql-sql@postgresql.org" <pgsql-sql@postgreSQL.org>
> Subject: [SQL] Limit doesn't work with select unions
> 
> I'm doing the following query:
> select a.id, cfs.id from cfs where a.id = cfs.oid union select b.id, cfs.id
> from cfs where b.id = cfs.oid limit 1;
> The limit basically doesn't work. I get the maximum amount of rows back.
> I try the query
> select a.id, cfs.id from cfs where a.id = cfs.oid limit 1 union select b.id,
> cfs.id from cfs where b.id = cfs.oid limit 1;
> and psql says the syntax is incorrect. Any ideas on how to use limit with
> union queries?
> Thanks,
> Rich
> 
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