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SQL clause to limit number of returned rows

The LIMIT clause is used to specify a maximum of rows to be returned in a SELECT query. The various SQL dialects use different syntax elements for that purpose. LIMIT x OFFSET y, is understood by MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite and some others RDBMS.
Example:

SELECT * FROM tbl LIMIT 10;

The SQL:2008 standard defines:

FETCH FIRST n ROWS ONLY

SQL Server uses TOP n, Oracle its rownum feature.
There is a comprehensive list on Wikipedia.

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Limiting records in MySQL changes order of records?

I am trying this query to get some records: select * from `inbox` where ( `user_id` = '00000000000000000000000000000001' or `user_id` = '' and exists ( select * from `inbox_user` where `inbox_user`.`inbox_id` = `inbox`.`id` and…
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How can execute limit first and then execute order by use mysql?

The flowing sql first execute order by reg_time and then execute limit but I want to first execute limit and after order by.who can tell me what to do. select * from user where province = 'hai' order by reg_time limit 0,20;
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MYSQL: Limiting rows per whereIn()

users Table id user_comments Table id | user_id | content | created_at I have a list of user IDs, and I want to grab the latest 3 comments for each user id. SELECT * FROM user_comments WHERE user_id IN (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) ORDER BY created_at…
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SQL ORDER BY LIMIT - limited rows

Maybe it's a stupid question, but I can't reach an answer. There's a limit to showing rows when I use the sql command "Select * from table order by id asc limit 0,X"? Because I'm working with a script that using it and I don't have problems until…
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Applying SQL limit on a particular column, not on complete result set

In the below given resultset where there are 2 unique users (id) and there could be more such users coming out of the query: Here is the multi-join query: select id, name, col1Code, col2Code, col2Value from users_table UT join …
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Why does ORDER BY only work properly in my query when used with LIMIT?

I'm going through some SQL practice problems. The one I'm currently baffled by asks to select the artist who has recorded the most rock albums, as well as the number of albums. While putting to the query together piece-by-piece I ran into an issue…
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limit entry to db while added new records

ok i have this recent visits table and the following code i use to enter records into the table user wise if($user->is_logged_in() ){ $postid = $row['postid']; $uid = $_SESSION['memberid']; $stmt = "SELECT * FROM recent WHERE postid = :postid AND…
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How to get last 5 rows?

I'm trying to get the list of only the last five rows from the table. I've already tried with limit 5 but no luck . Here is the method @Transactional public List findAllLimit5() { return em.createQuery("select a from Poll a ",…
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How can I make a dynamic limit selecting?

I have a table like this: // notifications +----+--------------+------+---------+------------+ | id | event | seen | id_user | time_stamp | +----+--------------+------+---------+------------+ | 1 | vote | 1 | 123 | 1464174617…
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Vesta Panel phpMyAdmin .sql upload limit

I use Digitalocean the server. I founded Vesta Hosting Panel. Do not increment the phpMyAdmin .sql dump helps limit? Note: I am a web designer. I'm new on the server does not work. :)
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Incorrect Syntax - LIMIT - SQL Syntax 2008

Hi I am using SQl Server 2008 and need to limit in my SQL query! I was told to look at this code to get an idea: ;WITH Results_CTE AS ( SELECT Col1, Col2, ..., ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY SortCol1, SortCol2, ...) AS RowNum …
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Selecting data of a 'person'' using LIMIT from table

I was wondering how to fetch data of a person from a table. I found the query to LIMIT data fetch from table. Here is what I got so far: $result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM users WHERE username = '" . $username[$x] . "' LIMIT " . $last_limt . " , "…
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Getting the Highest value from a table

I am trying to display just the first row, in MYSQL the example was: ORDER BY foo DESC LIMIT 1; I believe oracle does not use the LIMIT clause. I have tried the ROWNUM = 1, but it does not seem to work. Is this the proper way of displaying the…
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MySQL: Limit on certain field

Say I have a table with field like this: ID Name Parent_ID 1 Maxim 1 2 Bruce 1 3 Jonas 3 4 Steve 4 5 Chloe 4 6 Paul 4 7 Frank 7 8 …
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mysql: order -> limit -> sum... possible?

i am loosing it over the following problem: i have a table with participants and points. each participant can have up to 11 point entries of which i only want the sum of the top 6. in this example lets say we want the top 2 of…
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