Re: limiting rows returned ?

Gopal wrote:
>
> Hi Folks,
>
> We are using Oracle 7.3.x on Win/Nt 3.51.
>
> I am new to Oracle and I have a question about limiting the rows
> being returned by a select statement.
>
> In MS SQL Server or Sybase you can say
> set rowcount 1
> select * from ...
>
> and only one row will be returned.
>
> Is there a similar option in Oracle which can be used in SQL plus and
> stored procedure ?.
>
> Regards
>
> Gopal
>
> please email to gopal_at_astro.ocis.temple.edu

select * from table where rownum = 1
this is not exactly the same as "set rowcount", but it is the only option that I am aware of

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