Re: [SQL] LIMIT 1 FOR UPDATE or FOR UPDATE LIMIT 1?

On Wed, 2002-08-28 at 21:29, Robert Treat wrote:

>
> I think after the LIMIT and FOR UPDATE explanations (but before the note about
> SELECT privilege) you could add a note that "for backwards compatibility
> reasons the LIMIT and FOR UPDATE clauses are interchangeable" though maybe
> interchangeable isn't the best word...
How about "for backwards compatibility reasons the LIMIT and FOR UPDATE
clauses can appear in either order, I.E. LIMIT 1 FOR UPDATE and FOR
UPDATE LIMIT 1 are equivalent".

>
> > For COPY, we could just put the old syntax at the bottom of the manual
> > page and mention it is depricated.
>
> In both cases I don't know that a detailed explination is needed, but a
> mention of the different possibility and perhaps a suggestion to look at an
> old version of the docs for complete details should go a long way.
I suspect that Bruce's suggestion is best, modulo a spell check :-).
>
> Robert Treat
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