-- -- LIMIT -- Check the LIMIT/OFFSET feature of SELECT -- SELECT ''::text AS two, unique1, unique2, stringu1 FROM onek WHERE unique1 > 50 ORDER BY unique1 LIMIT 2; two | unique1 | unique2 | stringu1 -----+---------+---------+---------- | 51 | 76 | ZBAAAA | 52 | 985 | ACAAAA (2 rows) SELECT ''::text AS five, unique1, unique2, stringu1 FROM onek WHERE unique1 > 60 ORDER BY unique1 LIMIT 5; five | unique1 | unique2 | stringu1 ------+---------+---------+---------- | 61 | 560 | JCAAAA | 62 | 633 | KCAAAA | 63 | 296 | LCAAAA | 64 | 479 | MCAAAA | 65 | 64 | NCAAAA (5 rows) SELECT ''::text AS two, unique1, unique2, stringu1 FROM onek WHERE unique1 > 60 AND unique1 < 63 ORDER BY unique1 LIMIT 5; two | unique1 | unique2 | stringu1 -----+---------+---------+---------- | 61 | 560 | JCAAAA | 62 | 633 | KCAAAA (2 rows) SELECT ''::text AS three, unique1, unique2, stringu1 FROM onek WHERE unique1 > 100 ORDER BY unique1 LIMIT 3 OFFSET 20; three | unique1 | unique2 | stringu1 -------+---------+---------+---------- | 121 | 700 | REAAAA | 122 | 519 | SEAAAA | 123 | 777 | TEAAAA (3 rows) SELECT ''::text AS zero, unique1, unique2, stringu1 FROM onek WHERE unique1 < 50 ORDER BY unique1 DESC LIMIT 8 OFFSET 99; zero | unique1 | unique2 | stringu1 ------+---------+---------+---------- (0 rows) SELECT ''::text AS eleven, unique1, unique2, stringu1 FROM onek WHERE unique1 < 50 ORDER BY unique1 DESC LIMIT 20 OFFSET 39; eleven | unique1 | unique2 | stringu1 --------+---------+---------+---------- | 10 | 520 | KAAAAA | 9 | 49 | JAAAAA | 8 | 653 | IAAAAA | 7 | 647 | HAAAAA | 6 | 978 | GAAAAA | 5 | 541 | FAAAAA | 4 | 833 | EAAAAA | 3 | 431 | DAAAAA | 2 | 326 | CAAAAA | 1 | 214 | BAAAAA | 0 | 998 | AAAAAA (11 rows) SELECT ''::text AS ten, unique1, unique2, stringu1 FROM onek ORDER BY unique1 OFFSET 990; ten | unique1 | unique2 | stringu1 -----+---------+---------+---------- | 990 | 369 | CMAAAA | 991 | 426 | DMAAAA | 992 | 363 | EMAAAA | 993 | 661 | FMAAAA | 994 | 695 | GMAAAA | 995 | 144 | HMAAAA | 996 | 258 | IMAAAA | 997 | 21 | JMAAAA | 998 | 549 | KMAAAA | 999 | 152 | LMAAAA (10 rows) SELECT ''::text AS five, unique1, unique2, stringu1 FROM onek ORDER BY unique1 OFFSET 990 LIMIT 5; five | unique1 | unique2 | stringu1 ------+---------+---------+---------- | 990 | 369 | CMAAAA | 991 | 426 | DMAAAA | 992 | 363 | EMAAAA | 993 | 661 | FMAAAA | 994 | 695 | GMAAAA (5 rows) SELECT ''::text AS five, unique1, unique2, stringu1 FROM onek ORDER BY unique1 LIMIT 5 OFFSET 900; five | unique1 | unique2 | stringu1 ------+---------+---------+---------- | 900 | 913 | QIAAAA | 901 | 931 | RIAAAA | 902 | 702 | SIAAAA | 903 | 641 | TIAAAA | 904 | 793 | UIAAAA (5 rows) -- Stress test for variable LIMIT in conjunction with bounded-heap sorting SELECT (SELECT n FROM (VALUES (1)) AS x, (SELECT n FROM generate_series(1,10) AS n ORDER BY n LIMIT 1 OFFSET s-1) AS y) AS z FROM generate_series(1,10) AS s; z ---- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (10 rows)