limit select question

From: Kevin Heflin <kheflin(at)shreve(dot)net>
To: "PGSQL-General (E-mail)" <pgsql-general(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
Subject: limit select question
Date: 1999-03-31 04:59:51
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.04.9903302257010.24104-100000@mercury.shreve.net
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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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