Remove pre-7.3 mention that FOR UPDATE can be before LIMIT.

Document that FOR UPDATE and LIMIT together can return fewer rows that
LIMIT specifies, and why.
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Bruce Momjian 2005-04-22 04:20:44 +00:00
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PostgreSQL documentation PostgreSQL documentation
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@ -830,11 +830,13 @@ FOR UPDATE [ OF <replaceable class="parameter">table_name</replaceable> [, ...]
</para> </para>
<para> <para>
<literal>FOR UPDATE</literal> may appear before It is possible for a <command>SELECT</> command using both
<literal>LIMIT</literal> for compatibility with <literal>LIMIT</literal> and <literal>FOR UPDATE</literal>
<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> versions before 7.3. It clauses to return fewer rows than specified by <literal>LIMIT</literal>.
effectively executes after <literal>LIMIT</literal>, however, and This is because <literal>LIMIT</> selects a number of rows,
so that is the recommended place to write it. but might then block requesting a <literal>FOR UPDATE</literal> lock.
Once the <literal>SELECT</> unblocks, the query qualifiation might not
be met and the row not be returned by <literal>SELECT</>.
</para> </para>
</refsect2> </refsect2>
</refsect1> </refsect1>