Github user xccui commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/4813#discussion_r146423916
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flink-libraries/flink-table/src/main/scala/org/apache/flink/table/api/table.scala
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@@ -745,12 +748,65 @@ class Table(
*
* @param offset number of records to skip
* @param fetch number of records to be returned
+ *
+ * @deprecated Please use [[Table.offset()]] and [[Table.fetch()]]
instead.
*/
+ @deprecated(message = "deprecated in favor of Table.offset() and
Table.fetch()", since = "1.4.0")
def limit(offset: Int, fetch: Int): Table = {
new Table(tableEnv, Limit(offset, fetch,
logicalPlan).validate(tableEnv))
}
/**
+ * Limits a sorted result from an offset position.
+ * Similar to a SQL OFFSET clause. Offset is technically part of the
Order By operator and
+ * thus must be preceded by it.
+ *
+ * [[Table.offset(o)]] can be combined with a subsequent
[[Table.fetch(n)]] call to return the
+ * first n rows starting from the offset position o.
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If I understand correctly, "from the offset position o" means "from the
(o+1)th record", right?
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