Posted by Jochem Maas on 10/06/20 11:14

Richard Lynch wrote:
> On Fri, April 22, 2005 7:31 am, Matthew Weier O'Phinney said:
>
>>Actually, LIMIT is in ANSI SQL.
>
>
> Either the ANSI standard changed, or Rasmus needs to update his Bio...
>
> http://lerdorf.com/bio.php
>
> "...he can be blamed for the ANSI92 SQL-defying LIMIT clause in mSQL 1.x
> which has now, at least conceptually, crept into both MySQL and
> PostgreSQL."

I stand corrected (twice), apologies to Rasmus.

>
> But, hey, I'm not gonna actually READ the ANSI standard to find out -- I'd
> rather worry about what actually *WORKS* than what the SQL standard is,
> which, sadly, is seldom easily reconciled with Real-Life (tm).

with you there :-)

>

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