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Support for ROWNUM and ROWID

hi all

Is postgreSQL supports ROWNUM and ROWID ?


-thanks-
Chitranjan Singh
May 17 '07 #1
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michaelb
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Postgresql does not have an equivalent of Oracle's ROWNUM.
In many cases you can achieve the same result by using LIMIT and OFFSET in your query.

Same with ROWID; it does not exist in Postgresql, but you can use CTID as a reference to a row. CTID is a system column containing the file block number and position in the block for the row.

Sometimes people use OID, but in the latest releases this system column is optional, and it is not created unless you explicitly request it in your "CREATE TABLE" statement.
May 17 '07 #2
dmjpro
2,476 2GB
Is CTID unique???

Debasis Jana.
Jul 3 '08 #3
@dmjpro
It is. It is not guaranteed to be incremental, but it is always unique.
Mar 27 '12 #4

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