Subject Re: [firebird-support] SKIP :n inside a procedure
Author Helen Borrie
At 07:56 AM 18/09/2004 +0200, you wrote:
>William,
>
>w> SELECT SKIP :N * FROM TABLE
>
>try
>select skip (:N) * from table
>
>I thought "first" was required as well...

No, both FIRST and SKIP are optional. But you are exactly right,
bracketing the argument is not optional if the argument is an expression.

./hb