[GitHub] flink pull request #2282: [FLINK-3940] [table] Add support for ORDER BY OFFS...

[twalthr <gi...@git.apache.org>]

Github user twalthr commented on a diff in the pull request:

    https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/2282#discussion_r73171110
  
    --- Diff: docs/apis/table.md ---
    @@ -606,6 +606,28 @@ Table result = in.orderBy("a.asc");
           </td>
         </tr>
     
    +    <tr>
    +      <td><strong>Offset</strong></td>
    +      <td>
    +        <p>Similar to a SQL OFFSET clause. Returns rows from offset position. It is technically part of the ORDER BY clause.</p>
    +{% highlight java %}
    +Table in = tableEnv.fromDataSet(ds, "a, b, c");
    +Table result = in.orderBy("a.asc").offset(3);
    +{% endhighlight %}
    +      </td>
    +    </tr>
    +    
    +    <tr>
    +      <td><strong>Fetch</strong></td>
    +      <td>
    +        <p>Similar to a SQL FETCH clause. Returns a set number of rows. FETCH can\u2019t be used by itself, it is used in conjunction with OFFSET.</p>
    --- End diff --
    
    If `fetch` can only be used after a `offset`. Wouldn't it be better to overload `offset`? We could also call it `limit` (with one and two parameters) similar to `RelBuilder` does it.


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