Sqlite LIMIT / OFFSET query

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The two syntax forms are a little confusing because they reverse the numbers:

LIMIT <skip>, <count>

Is equivalent to:

LIMIT <count> OFFSET <skip>

It’s compatible with the syntax from MySQL and PostgreSQL. MySQL supports both syntax forms, and its docs claim that the second syntax with OFFSET was meant to provide compatibility with PostgreSQL. PostgreSQL docs show it only supports the second syntax, and SQLite’s docs show that it supports both, recommending the second syntax to avoid confusion.

By the way, using LIMIT without first using ORDER BY may not always give you the results you intend. In practice, SQLite will return the rows in some order, probably determined by how they’re physically stored in the file. But this doesn’t necessarily mean it’s in the order you want. The only way to get a predictable order is to use ORDER BY explicitly.

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