转 Oracle的rownum原理和使用
在Oracle中,要按特定条件查询前N条记录,用个rownum就搞定了。 select * from emp where rownum <= 5 而且书上也告诫,不能对rownum用">",这也就意味着,如果你想用 select * from emp where rownum > 5 则是失败的。要知道为什么会失败,则需要了解rownum背后的机制: 1 Oracle executes your query. 2 Oracle fetches the first row and calls it row number 1. 3 Have we gotten past row number meets the criteria? If no, then Oracle discards the row, If yes, then Oracle return the row. 4 Oracle fetches the