7.3, due out in a few months, will support both clause orderings.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Magnus Enbom wrote: > Hi, > > I've just been hit by a small but annoying difference between postgres(7.2) > and mysql(4.x). > In postgresql you do: > > SELECT * FROM table FOR UPDATE LIMIT 1; > > and in mysql you do: > > SELECT * FROM table LIMIT 1 FOR UPDATE; > > Is it possible for postgres to accept the mysql syntax as well? > It's not that many databases that implement LIMIT, so it would be nice if the > ones that do have the same syntax(or can accept each others variants). > > -- Magnus > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command > (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]) > -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
