Re: ***Urgent Question***

My group leader tells that
rownum may give wrong results . Do not use it... Really ???

• Original Message ----- To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 3:00 PM

> try this:
> select * from (select emid, deptid from dept order by deptid desc, empid
asc) where rownum<8
>
> Gyula
> Local Folders wrote:
>
> > Consider the following case.
> > TABLE : DEPT
> > empid number,
> > deptid number,
> > deptname varchar2(30)
> > primary key (empid, deptid) now i want to fetch first seven records from
a cursor whose deptid is
> > maximum
> > and empid is minimum. kindly let me know how to write this cursor
statement.for example. SQL>
> > select deptid, empid from dept; DEPTID EMPID
> > --------- ---------
> > 2 94204
> > 2 94205
> > 2 94206
> > 2 94207
> > 2 94208
> > 5 94209
> > 5 94210
> > 5 94211
> > 5 94212
> > 5 94213
> > 7 94214
> > 7 94215
> > 7 94216
> > 7 94217
> > 7 94218 15 rows selected. i want output as following by
single query. DEPTID EMPID
> > --------- ---------
> > 7 94214
> > 7 94215
> > 7 94216
> > 7 94217
> > 7 94218
> > 5 94209
> > 5 94210 7 rows selected kindly reply.. thanks in advance.
regards
> > paresh mehta
>
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