MySQL Limit 🛑

Limit the Result

You can limit the number of records returned from the query, by using the "LIMIT" statement.

✨ Limit Result

python

import mysql.connector

mydb = mysql.connector.connect(
  host="localhost",
  user="yourusername",
  password="yourpassword",
  database="mydatabase"
)

mycursor = mydb.cursor()

mycursor.execute("SELECT * FROM customers LIMIT 5")

myresult = mycursor.fetchall()

for x in myresult:
  print(x)

⏭️ Start From Another Position

If you want to return five records, starting from the third record, you can use the "OFFSET" keyword.

python

mycursor.execute("SELECT * FROM customers LIMIT 5 OFFSET 2")

myresult = mycursor.fetchall()

for x in myresult:
  print(x)

💡 Did You Know?

The "LIMIT" clause is very useful on large tables with thousands of records. Returning a large number of records can impact on performance.