db(...).select(..., limitby=(0, 5))

See 
http://web2py.com/book/default/chapter/06#orderby,-groupby,-limitby,-distinct. 
The first value is the starting record, and the second is the number of 
records to select. You can use it in conjunction with orderby if you need to 
sort the records before pulling the top 5.

Anthony

On Tuesday, September 27, 2011 6:52:42 AM UTC-4, Web2Py Freak wrote:
>
> Hey guys , 
>
> how can i get to 5 records from a table ??

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