limit select question

I've been asked if there is a way to LIMIT the number of results displayed
when doing a SELECT with postgresql, by a former user of mysql. Wasn't
sure if there is an easy way to do this or not. I've don't it before, but
in a very round about way... any suggestions.

> with mySQL and SELECT queries
> you can LIMIT the number of results displayed to the screen. I can't
> seem to find any such switch in the SELECT commands in postgres.


Kevin


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