Re: SQL for top 100 values

From: Stephane Faroult <sfaroult_at_oriole.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 08:56:46 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.003EC825.20020110082534@fatcity.com>

Deen Dayal wrote:
>
> hi SQL wizards,
>
> Can any body help me with the tjis SQL. I need a SQL records with top 100 values of
>a table ( not rownum < 101 ).
>
> Thanks
> Deen
>

rownum < 101 is OK if you nest your query, ORDER BY included, as an in-line view,
ie

    select x.val
    from (select val

          from my_table
          order by val desc) x

    where rownum < 101

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