Re: BUG #4985: LIMIT documentation is insufficient

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Cc: "Jim Michaels" <jmichae3(at)yahoo(dot)com>
Subject: Re: BUG #4985: LIMIT documentation is insufficient
Date: 2009-08-14 05:42:44
Message-ID: 200908140842.46670.peter_e@gmx.net
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On Friday 14 August 2009 02:32:38 Jim Michaels wrote:
> The following bug has been logged online:
>
> Bug reference: 4985
> Logged by: Jim Michaels
> Email address: jmichae3(at)yahoo(dot)com
> PostgreSQL version: 8.4.0
> Operating system: XP Pro Sp3
> Description: LIMIT documentation is insufficient
> Details:
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/interactive/sql-select.html#SQL-LIMIT
>
> please add "OFFSET is zero-based. If you go past the boundaries, you will
> get no record."

OFFSET is documented as the number of records to skip before starting to
return rows. That would imply that OFFSET 0 skips no rows.

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