What is Limit Function in SQL?

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If there are a large number of tuples satisfying the query conditions, it might be resourceful to view only a handful of them at a time.

  • The LIMIT clause is used to set an upper limit on the number of tuples returned by SQL.
  • It is important to note that this clause is not supported by all SQL versions.
  • The LIMIT clause can also be specified using the SQL 2008 OFFSET/FETCH FIRST clauses.
  • The limit/offset expressions must be a non-negative integer.

Syntax:

SELECT expressions FROM tables [WHERE conditions] [ORDER BY expression [ ASC | DESC ]] LIMIT number_rows [ OFFSET offset_value ];