Question

I’m wonder if there is way to use LIMIT operator to always include first row in result set. I mean regardless of any range specified. For Ex:

SELECT * FROM `table` LIMIT 5, 10

should return first row and row 6 to 15 or:

SELECT * FROM `table` LIMIT 200, 30

should return first row and row 201 to 231. Is there a way to do that ?

Edit First row id is always 0

Answer 1

I don’t see another way :

(SELECT * from table LIMIT 1)
UNION
(SELECT * FROM table LIMIT 5, 10)

or as Pointed by Scott, with new infos 😉

SELECT * from table Where id = 0
UNION
(SELECT * FROM table LIMIT 5, 10)

don’t forget brackets :

To apply ORDER BY or LIMIT to an individual SELECT, place the clause
inside the parentheses that enclose the SELECT:

(SELECT a FROM t1 WHERE a=10 AND B=1 ORDER BY a LIMIT 10) UNION
(SELECT a FROM t2 WHERE a=11 AND B=2 ORDER BY a LIMIT 10);