[GENERAL] returning only part of a rule set

2014-11-25 Thread Dave Potts
I have a psql function that make a general sql query, returns a set of results Q. Is there anyway that I can limit the size of the result sets ? Dave. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription:

Re: [GENERAL] returning only part of a rule set

2014-11-25 Thread David G Johnston
Dave Potts wrote I have a psql function that make a general sql query, returns a set of results Q. Is there anyway that I can limit the size of the result sets ? SELECT * FROM somewhere LIMIT 50; --- David J. btw: what is a psql function? -- View this message in context:

Re: [GENERAL] returning only part of a rule set

2014-11-25 Thread Adrian Klaver
On 11/25/2014 01:27 PM, Dave Potts wrote: I have a psql function that make a general sql query, returns a set of results Q. Is there anyway that I can limit the size of the result sets ? Put a LIMIT on the query. If that is not what you want then we will need to see the code and/or get a

Re: [GENERAL] returning only part of a rule set

2014-11-25 Thread Dave Potts
On 25/11/14 21:36, Adrian Klaver wrote: On 11/25/2014 01:27 PM, Dave Potts wrote: I have a psql function that make a general sql query, returns a set of results Q. Is there anyway that I can limit the size of the result sets ? Put a LIMIT on the query. If that is not what you want then we

Re: [GENERAL] returning only part of a rule set

2014-11-25 Thread Adrian Klaver
On 11/25/2014 01:56 PM, Dave Potts wrote: On 25/11/14 21:36, Adrian Klaver wrote: On 11/25/2014 01:27 PM, Dave Potts wrote: I have a psql function that make a general sql query, returns a set of results Q. Is there anyway that I can limit the size of the result sets ? Put a LIMIT on the

Re: [GENERAL] returning only part of a rule set

2014-11-25 Thread David G Johnston
Adrian Klaver-4 wrote If I am only interested in get 2 entries per result set, I would expect to see Actually =2. How do you determine which rows to keep, by id or something else? 1 xx,yy 2 xx,yy 1,dd,zz 2,dd,zz 1, ee,ff Using LIMIT only gives 1 xx,yy 2 xx,yy Sorry for not

Re: [GENERAL] returning only part of a rule set

2014-11-25 Thread Dave Potts
On 25/11/14 22:24, David G Johnston wrote: Thanks List, I think this is the right way to go. Adrian Klaver-4 wrote If I am only interested in get 2 entries per result set, I would expect to see Actually =2. How do you determine which rows to keep, by id or something else? 1 xx,yy 2 xx,yy