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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml | 11 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml index 9675adcbf86..d67d2b4ff76 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml,v 1.122 2009/05/03 20:45:43 tgl Exp $ +$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml,v 1.123 2009/08/18 23:40:20 tgl Exp $ PostgreSQL documentation --> @@ -1005,14 +1005,15 @@ OFFSET <replaceable class="parameter">start</replaceable> <para> SQL:2008 introduced a different syntax to achieve the same thing, - which PostgreSQL also supports. It is: + which <productname>PostgreSQL</> also supports. It is: <synopsis> OFFSET <replaceable class="parameter">start</replaceable> { ROW | ROWS } FETCH { FIRST | NEXT } [ <replaceable class="parameter">count</replaceable> ] { ROW | ROWS } ONLY </synopsis> - Both clauses are optional, but if present - the <literal>OFFSET</literal> clause must come before - the <literal>FETCH</literal> clause. <literal>ROW</literal> + According to the standard, the <literal>OFFSET</literal> clause must come + before the <literal>FETCH</literal> clause if both are present; but + <productname>PostgreSQL</> is laxer and allows either order. + <literal>ROW</literal> and <literal>ROWS</literal> as well as <literal>FIRST</literal> and <literal>NEXT</literal> are noise words that don't influence the effects of these clauses. In this syntax, when using expressions |