LIMIT clause behavior in SQL - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to select only the first 5 rows from the table.

SQL

SELECT * FROM employees [1] 5;

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AORDER BY

BLIMIT

CWHERE

DGROUP BY

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using WHERE instead of LIMIT to restrict rows.

Using ORDER BY to limit rows, which only sorts data.

The LIMIT clause restricts the number of rows returned by the query. Here, it limits the output to 5 rows.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to select 3 rows starting from the 6th row.

SQL

SELECT * FROM products [1] 3 OFFSET 5;

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ALIMIT

BWHERE

CGROUP BY

DORDER BY

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using OFFSET without LIMIT, which returns all rows after the offset.

Using WHERE to filter rows by position, which is not valid.

The LIMIT clause specifies how many rows to return, and OFFSET skips the first rows. Here, it returns 3 rows starting after skipping 5.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the query to correctly limit results to 10 rows.

SQL

SELECT name, age FROM users [1] 10 OFFSET 0;

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AORDER BY

BWHERE

CGROUP BY

DLIMIT

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using WHERE to limit rows, which filters by condition, not count.

Using ORDER BY without LIMIT, which only sorts rows.

The LIMIT clause is used to restrict the number of rows returned. OFFSET 0 means start from the first row.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to select 4 rows starting from the 3rd row.

SQL

SELECT * FROM orders [1] 4 [2] 2;

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ALIMIT

BOFFSET

CWHERE

DORDER BY

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Swapping LIMIT and OFFSET positions.

Using WHERE to skip rows, which is invalid.

LIMIT sets how many rows to return, and OFFSET sets how many rows to skip before starting.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to select the top 5 employees ordered by salary descending, skipping the first 10.

SQL

SELECT * FROM employees [1] salary DESC [2] 5 [3] 10;

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AORDER BY

BLIMIT

COFFSET

DGROUP BY

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Placing LIMIT before ORDER BY, which causes syntax errors.

Using GROUP BY instead of ORDER BY for sorting.

ORDER BY sorts the rows by salary descending. LIMIT restricts to 5 rows, and OFFSET skips the first 10 rows.