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Re: What do Oracle professionals think of Fabian Pascal?

From: Paul <paul_at_see.my.sig.com>
Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2005 19:47:46 +0100
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DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org> wrote:

> > At the risk of sounding stupid, what *_exactly_* does this query mean?
> > The first 37 rows that were inserted into the table?
> > The first 37 that the system happens to find in RAM or on Disk?

> In Oracle it means delete the first 36 rows found: Whichever ones they are.

The "delete" there is a typo, yeah?

Paul... (who just noticed it).

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