On Mon, 13 Nov 2000 02:38:06 +1100, Helen Borrie wrote:

>At 05:43 PM 11-11-00 -0200, you wrote:
>>On Fri, 10 Nov 2000 09:23:54 -0700, David Berg wrote:
>>
>>Yes, but I prefer TOP <n> syntax. It's part of SQL standard (if I am
>>wrong, Diane certainly will flame me ;-) ) .
>>So, why we don't try to follow the standard... LIMIT <n> appear to be a
>>PostGRE and MySQL specific keyword...
>>My vote is to follow toward of the standard.
>>
>
>According to my book on SQL-92 standards, neither TOP nor LIMIT is standard
>SQL.

<kidding hat on>
Hmmm... A failure on my perfect memory? :-) This mean that I have to change that
skinny Paradox and upgrade to Interbase as a mental information manager... What
version you suggest? ;)
<kidding hat off>
I remember some time ago ( in MERS list) Diane referenced this on SQL 3, not
SQL-92.


[]s Fabricio
Delphi C/S Developer