May be I'm missing something, but why not use the cursor?
Do the select once and then fetch as many rows as you need.
Rudy
On 31 Mar 99, at 1:20, Michael Davis wrote:
> Select * From table_name limit 1;
>
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> From: Kevin Heflin [SMTP:kheflin@shreve.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 1999 10:00 PM
> To: PGSQL-General (E-mail)
> Subject: [GENERAL] limit select question
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>
> I've been asked if there is a way to LIMIT the number of results
> displayed
> when doing a SELECT with postgresql, by a former user of mysql.
> Wasn't
> sure if there is an easy way to do this or not. I've don't it
> before, but
> in a very round about way... any suggestions.
>
> > with mySQL and SELECT queries
> > you can LIMIT the number of results displayed to the screen. I
> can't
> > seem to find any such switch in the SELECT commands in postgres.
>
>
> Kevin
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