mysql> -- mysql> USE test; Database changed mysql> mysql> DROP TABLE `test1`; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec) mysql> mysql> CREATE TABLE `test1` ( -> `test_number` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL, -> `load_time` datetime NOT NULL default '0000-00-00 00:00:00' -> ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.05 sec) mysql> mysql> ALTER TABLE test1 ADD INDEX idx_load_time(load_time); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.03 sec) Records: 0 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0 mysql> mysql> TRUNCATE TABLE test1; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec) mysql> mysql> INSERT INTO test1 ( test_number, load_time ) -> VALUES ( 1, '2006-12-04 00:00:01' ), -> ( 2, '2006-12-04 00:00:02' ), -> ( 3, '2006-12-04 00:00:03' ), -> ( 4, '2006-12-04 00:00:04' ), -> ( 5, '2006-12-04 00:00:05' ), -> ( 6, '2006-12-04 00:00:06' ), -> ( 7, '2006-12-04 00:00:07' ), -> ( 8, '2006-12-04 00:00:08' ), -> ( 9, '2006-12-04 00:00:09' ), -> ( 10, '2006-12-04 00:00:10' ), -> ( 11, '2006-12-04 00:00:10' ), -> ( 12, '2006-12-04 00:00:10' ), -> ( 13, '2006-12-04 00:00:10' ), -> ( 14, '2006-12-04 00:00:10' ), -> ( 15, '2006-12-04 00:00:10' ), -> ( 16, '2006-12-04 00:00:10' ), -> ( 17, '2006-12-04 00:00:10' ), -> ( 18, '2006-12-04 00:00:10' ), -> ( 19, '2006-12-04 00:00:10' ); Query OK, 19 rows affected (0.00 sec) Records: 19 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0 mysql> mysql> SELECT * FROM test1 -> WHERE load_time > 0 -> ORDER BY load_time -> LIMIT 0,5; +-------------+---------------------+ | test_number | load_time | +-------------+---------------------+ | 1 | 2006-12-04 00:00:01 | | 2 | 2006-12-04 00:00:02 | | 3 | 2006-12-04 00:00:03 | | 4 | 2006-12-04 00:00:04 | | 5 | 2006-12-04 00:00:05 | +-------------+---------------------+ 5 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> mysql> SELECT * FROM test1 -> WHERE load_time > 0 -> ORDER BY load_time -> LIMIT 5,5; +-------------+---------------------+ | test_number | load_time | +-------------+---------------------+ | 6 | 2006-12-04 00:00:06 | | 7 | 2006-12-04 00:00:07 | | 8 | 2006-12-04 00:00:08 | | 9 | 2006-12-04 00:00:09 | | 10 | 2006-12-04 00:00:10 | +-------------+---------------------+ 5 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> mysql> SELECT * FROM test1 -> WHERE load_time > 0 -> ORDER BY load_time -> LIMIT 10,5; +-------------+---------------------+ | test_number | load_time | +-------------+---------------------+ | 11 | 2006-12-04 00:00:10 | | 12 | 2006-12-04 00:00:10 | | 13 | 2006-12-04 00:00:10 | | 14 | 2006-12-04 00:00:10 | | 15 | 2006-12-04 00:00:10 | +-------------+---------------------+ 5 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> mysql> SELECT * FROM test1 -> WHERE load_time > 0 -> ORDER BY load_time -> LIMIT 15,5; +-------------+---------------------+ | test_number | load_time | +-------------+---------------------+ | 12 | 2006-12-04 00:00:10 | | 11 | 2006-12-04 00:00:10 | | 10 | 2006-12-04 00:00:10 | | 19 | 2006-12-04 00:00:10 | +-------------+---------------------+ 4 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> -- mysql> \t