Re: Negative LIMIT and OFFSET?

From: Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: "Simon Riggs" <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Negative LIMIT and OFFSET?
Date: 2007-12-14 01:47:23
Message-ID: 87lk7ym4ic.fsf@oxford.xeocode.com
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"Simon Riggs" <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:

> I'm fairly surprised these queries work. Is there some reason why we
> support this? April Fools Day? Jules Verne? I'm all for fast queries,
> but zero seems like the lowest value we should support...

Huh, I was all set to post an example of a useful application of it but then
apparently I'm wrong and it doesn't work:

postgres=# select * from generate_series(1,10) offset -1 limit 2;
generate_series
-----------------
1
2
(2 rows)

I'll leave it as an exercise for the reader to guess what I was expecting.

So given that that doesn't work I don't see any particular reason to accept
negative offsets or limits in 8.4 and on.

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Gregory Stark
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