Re: array_agg + limit

From: Lew <noone(at)lewscanon(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: array_agg + limit
Date: 2010-11-27 15:24:03
Message-ID: icr7qv$ip1$1@news.albasani.net
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Emanuel Calvo Franco wrote:
> I'm having this 'issue':
>
> coches=# select array_agg(patente order by fecha desc) from
> dia4.infraccion limit 6;
>
> array_agg
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> {565538,726668,639414,739391,674212,941061,636533,981958,999057,743729,548494,923939,841427,454574,363754,670514,566266,251071,852043,1537
> 11,952549,129124,446671,476345,168905,308274,404812,501024,738098,636071}
> (1 row)
>
> I now [know] why it happens an[d] how [to] avoid it, but.... it's ok?
> Must work like this?

Yes and yes. LIMIT applies to the number of rows, and that's how it's documented.
<http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/interactive/queries-limit.html>

--
Lew

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