On 15 May 2016, at 6:04am, Darren Duncan <darren at darrenduncan.net> wrote:
> You seem to be forgetting the fact that LIMIT/OFFSET is not its own clause, > rather it is an extension to the ORDER BY clause and only has meaning within > the context of the ORDER BY it is part of. All true. But it brings up a question. Suppose the following: first second ----- ------ Mark Spark Emily Spark Mary Soper Brian Soper SELECT first,second FROM members ORDER BY second LIMIT 3 Without looking up either a standards document for SQL or the documentation for your favourite implementations of SQL, answer this question: Does the documentation for your favourite implementation of SQL state that you'll get the same rows every time you execute the above "SELECT" ? Simon.
