[thelist] DB "Limit" Command Question

Jack Timmons jorachim at gmail.com
Fri Apr 17 14:42:22 CDT 2009


On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 7:34 AM, Edward McCarroll <Ed at comsimplicity.com> wrote:
> In the mid-1970's, on a Univac 1108, one of the Fortran compiler's most
> frequently-seen error message was:
>
>   "This statement starts (or ends) badly."
>
> I never did figure out how they knew the middle part was OK.

S(<- Start)ELECT * FROM whatever(<- End)

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