On 7 Jul 2006 at 5:03, markd_mms wrote:

>i realise this is more of ye olde paradox way of doing things but
>they've said it's a compulsory feature so there's not much i can do. i
>was wondering if i could fudge some similar kind of functionality by
>doing something like...
>
>SELECT FIRST 10 ...

Forget it. This is the stupidest thing you can do. If I were you, I
would fetch records in background. Couple of tens that can fit the
screen will be fetched instantly, so the user will have enough work
to enjoy itself while rest of the data is coming.

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SY, Dimitry Sibiryakov.