Variable LIMIT and OFFSET in SELECTs

Hi all.

I'd need to implement a "parametric windowed select" over a table
called "atable". The idea is to have a one row table to maintain
the LIMIT and the OFFSET for the selects. If I try this:

create table limoff( l int, o int );
insert into limoff values ( 10,2 );
select a.* from atable a,limoff limit l offset o;

I get "ERROR: argument of OFFSET must not contain variables".
(You get the error also on LIMIT if you put a constant as the offset).

But I can do the following:

create or replace function f_limoff_1( l int, o int )
returns setof atable as $$
select * from atable limit $1 offset $2
$$ language sql;

create or replace function f_limoff()
returns setof atable as $$
select * from f_limoff_1( (select l from limoff),(select i from limoff) );
$$ language sql;

Of course, in my opinion at least, there's no real reason for the above
syntax limitation, as the sematics is not.

Wouldn't it be a nice enhacement to allow variable LIMIT and OFFSET in
SELECTs?

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Reg me Please