LIMIT

UPDATE LIMIT syntax can be used to limit the scope. A clause is a limit on row matching. As long as the rows that satisfy the clause are found, the statements will stop, regardless of whether they have actually changed.

Input

# LIMIT 
UPDATE  employees SET department_id=department_id+1   LIMIT 3 ;
UPDATE  employees SET department_id=department_id+1   LIMIT 3 , 10 ;

# LIMIT + OFFSET 
UPDATE  employees SET department_id=department_id+1   LIMIT 3   OFFSET 2;

# LIMIT + ORDER BY 
UPDATE  employees SET department_id=department_id+1 ORDER BY fname  LIMIT 3 ;

# LIMIT + WHERE + ORDER BY 
UPDATE  employees SET department_id=department_id+1 WHERE id<5 ORDER BY  fname  LIMIT 3 ;

# LIMIT + WHERE + ORDER BY + OFFSET 
UPDATE  employees SET department_id=department_id+1 WHERE id<5 ORDER BY  fname  LIMIT 3 OFFSET 2 ;

Output

-- LIMIT 
UPDATE "public"."employees" SET "department_id" = department_id+1;
UPDATE "public"."employees" SET "department_id" = department_id+1;

-- LIMIT + OFFSET 
UPDATE "public"."employees" SET "department_id" = department_id+1;

-- LIMIT + ORDER BY 
UPDATE "public"."employees" SET "department_id" = department_id+1;

-- LIMIT + WHERE + ORDER BY 
UPDATE "public"."employees" SET "department_id" = department_id+1 WHERE id<5;

-- LIMIT + WHERE + ORDER BY + OFFSET 
UPDATE "public"."employees" SET "department_id" = department_id+1 WHERE id<5;