elasticsearch/docs/reference/esql/processing-commands/limit.asciidoc

[[esql-limit]]
=== `LIMIT`

The `LIMIT` processing command enables you to limit the number of rows:

[source,esql]
----
include::{esql-specs}/docs.csv-spec[tag=limit]
----

If not specified, `LIMIT` defaults to `500`. A single query will not return
more than 10,000 rows, regardless of the `LIMIT` value.
[DOCS] Move processing commands to a file per command 2023-06-06 00:38:55 +08:00			`[[esql-limit]]`
			=== `LIMIT`

			The `LIMIT` processing command enables you to limit the number of rows:

			`[source,esql]`
			`----`
			`include::{esql-specs}/docs.csv-spec[tag=limit]`
			`----`
ESQL: Document the existing result-set limitations (#99880) Document the newly implicit limit of 500 (if no other limit is provided), as well as the global 10K one. Related: #99816 2023-09-26 16:12:23 +08:00
			If not specified, `LIMIT` defaults to `500`. A single query will not return
			more than 10,000 rows, regardless of the `LIMIT` value.