[Zope] Z SQL Methods and the SQL LIMIT clause

Garth B. garthb at gmail.com
Thu May 12 07:58:27 EDT 2005


Assuming MySQL, I found the fix for this was to go the Advanced tab for the 
ZSQL Method (in the ZMI) and set "Maximum Rows to Retrieve" to zero.
 After that, my limit clause worked without a problem.


On 5/11/05, Asad Habib <ahabib at engin.umich.edu> wrote: 
> 
> Is there a reason why Z SQL methods do not allow the use of the LIMIT
> clause? I am absolutely certain that my query has the right syntax since I
> executed it against the MySQL server and it gave me the correct results.
> FYI, I have provided the query below:
> 
> SELECT course_id FROM course
> WHERE course_id < 991000
> ORDER BY course_id DESC LIMIT 1
> 
> Furthermore, Zope throws the following error when I try to test this query
> via the ZMI and also when I use it in my application:
> 
> (1064, "You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that
> corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near
> 'LIMIT 1000' at line 3")
> 
> Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.
> 
> - Asad
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