"Christopher Browne" <cbbrowne_at_acm.org> wrote in message
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> 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?
You suggested two or three explicit orders then added the above about
"simply the first 5 rows, whatever they may be about". If you did not intend
to imply physical order but some explicit logical order specified in an
ORDER BY clause, then I simply misunderstood you.
Received on Fri Nov 14 2003 - 23:06:22 CST
