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LIMIT SYNTAX error when using SELECT FOR UPDATE

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
mysql, php, sql
Domain
backend, databases

Research direction

Reproduce the reported MySQL query with SELECT ... FOR UPDATE and inspect how the parser handles the LIMIT clause near the end of the statement. Confirm the valid clause ordering and add coverage for this query; done means it parses without the reported syntax error.

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Description

bug help wanted

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START TRANSACTION;
SELECT * FROM mytable WHERE id = 88777 FOR UPDATE;
# 1064 - Erreur de syntaxe près de 'LIMIT 0, 25' à la ligne 1
# 1064 - Syntax error near 'LIMIT 0, 25' at line 1
Dominant language
PHP
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