Martha Stewart called it a Good Thing when "Bob Badour" <bbadour_at_golden.net> wrote:
> "Christopher Browne" <cbbrowne_at_acm.org> wrote in message
> news:bp3ir9$1k22pm$3_at_ID-125932.news.uni-berlin.de...
>>
>> In other cases, I may simply want the
>> first 5 rows, whatever they may be about.
>
> First 5 by what order? Or are you suggesting that any arbitrary 5
> rows would do?
The first five based on the order specified in the query. Apparently
you didn't recall that the "overly-clever" query had an ORDER BY
clause?
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select 'aa454' || '@' || 'freenet.carleton.ca';
http://www.ntlug.org/~cbbrowne/lsf.html
Rules of the Evil Overlord #180. "If I ever build a device to transfer
the hero's energy into me, I will make sure it cannot operate in
reverse." <http://www.eviloverlord.com/>
Received on Fri Nov 14 2003 - 22:25:38 CST
