--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Carlos Ortiz Quiros wrote:

> Thank you David an Alan, I just didn´t know the fact
> that First was not present in IB6, worder if present
> in further versions of IB it is present.

I think they use other words, possibly TOP...LIMIT rather than FIRST..
.SKIP.

> By the way, then anybody knows where to find the
> FB1.5.2 SQL syntax documentation. What does the
> skip-part-clause means.

You've already been told about the release notes, the skip part simply
means how many of the first rows should be excluded, e.g. SELECT FIRST
10 SKIP 5 returns records 6 through 15, so far I'm happy to say
there's no SELECT FIRST 5 SKIP 5 STEP 2 to return records 6,8,10,12
and 14 ;o)
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