Limit SQL query result in MySQL

Question

I would like to limit the amount of rows I fetch in MySQL. Can you show me how?

ex:

• 1st query I would like to retrieve only the first 10,000 records
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Answer 1

MySQL and PostgreSQL support OFFSET that is usually used with a LIMIT clause.

SELECT column FROM table
LIMIT 10000

SELECT column FROM table
LIMIT 10000 OFFSET 10000