select first(a) from ta order by a

in access, is equivilent to

select a from ta order by a limit 1

Thanks
Chad
P.S.  Note that access will always return the same value if you exclude the
order by, this is not necessarily true with postgresql or any real RDBS.

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Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 2:12 AM
Subject: [SQL] grouping and first()


> Hi, just wondering if anyone can tell me what replaces the first  function
> in access.
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> Thanks
>
> PEter
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