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MySQL | LIMIT

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MySQL's LIMIT clause limits the number of returned results.

Syntax

SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name
WHERE condition
LIMIT number;

Examples

Consider the following table about some students:

student_id

fname

lname

day_enrolled

age

username

1

Sky

Towner

2015-12-03

17

stowner1

2

Ben

Davis

2016-04-20

19

bdavis2

3

Travis

Apple

2018-08-14

18

tapple3

4

Arthur

David

2016-04-01

16

adavid4

5

Benjamin

Town

2014-01-01

17

btown5

The above sample table can be created using the code here.

Basic usage

To limit the number of returned results to 2:

SELECT * FROM students LIMIT 2;
+------------+-------+--------+--------------+------+----------+
| student_id | fname | lname | day_enrolled | age | username |
+------------+-------+--------+--------------+------+----------+
| 1 | Sky | Towner | 2015-12-03 | 17 | stowner1 |
| 2 | Ben | Davis | 2016-04-20 | 19 | bdavis2 |
+------------+-------+--------+--------------+------+----------+

Note that we only return 2 records despite the fact the table has 5 students.

To use LIMIT together with WHERE clause:

SELECT *
FROM students
WHERE day_enrolled > '2016-01-01'
LIMIT 2;
+------------+--------+-------+--------------+------+----------+
| student_id | fname | lname | day_enrolled | age | username |
+------------+--------+-------+--------------+------+----------+
| 2 | Ben | Davis | 2016-04-20 | 19 | bdavis2 |
| 3 | Travis | Apple | 2018-08-14 | 18 | tapple3 |
+------------+--------+-------+--------------+------+----------+

Note that the first two records that match the criteria are returned, not necessarily the two students enrolled the earliest after 2016-01-01.

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