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SQLiteLIMIT子句

SQLite LIMITThe clause is used to limit the amount of data returned by the SELECT statement.

Syntax

The following is the basic syntax of a SELECT statement with the LIMIT clause.

SELECT column1, column2, columnN FROM table_nameLIMIT [no of rows]

The following is the syntax when using the LIMIT clause with the OFFSET clause.

SELECT column1, column2, columnN FROM table_nameLIMIT [no of rows] OFFSET [row num]

As shown in the previous example, the SQLite engine will return rows starting from the next row to the given OFFSET.

Online Example

Consider the COMPANY table with the following records-

ID          NAME        AGE         ADDRESS     SALARY
----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
1           Paul        32          California  20000.0
2           Allen       25          Texas       15000.0
3           Teddy       23          Norway      20000.0
4           Mark        25          Rich-Mond   65000.0
5           David       27          Texas       85000.0
6           Kim         22          South-Hall  45000.0
7           James       24          Houston     10000.0

Here is an example that limits the rows in the table based on the number of rows to be retrieved from the table.

sqlite> SELECT * FROM COMPANY LIMIT 6;

This will produce the following result.

ID          NAME        AGE         ADDRESS     SALARY
----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
1           Paul        32          California  20000.0
2           Allen       25          Texas       15000.0
3           Teddy       23          Norway      20000.0
4           Mark        25          Rich-Mond   65000.0
5           David       27          Texas       85000.0
6           Kim         22          South-Hall  45000.0

However, in some cases, you may need to retrieve a set of records from a specific offset. Below is an example that starts retrieving from the third position.3records.

sqlite> SELECT * FROM COMPANY LIMIT 3 OFFSET 2;

This will produce the following result.

ID          NAME        AGE         ADDRESS     SALARY
----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
3           Teddy       23          Norway      20000.0
4           Mark        25          Rich-Mond   65000.0
5           David       27          Texas       85000.0