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Notice that this will select the first ten rows and order them by amount, NOT the first ten ordered by amount.
-- Kind reGards, Gerard (ghp_at_santens.be; ghp_at_skynet.be) miguel <jmiguel_at_cet.pt> schreef in artikel <01bce38e$4aa1a520$0a0a2c0a_at_jmiguel.cet.pt>...Received on Tue Oct 28 1997 - 00:00:00 CST
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> Michael G. Schneider <mgs_software_at_compuserve.com> wrote in article
> <01bce36a$2a60d980$0201dede_at_mum>...
> > I would like to write a SELECT statement and limit the number of
returned
> > rows. Something like
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> > SELECT * FROM tbl ORDER BY amount TOP 10
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> > Is this possible?
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> > Michael G. Schneider
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> > mgs_software_at_compuserve.com
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> SELECT * FROM tbl ORDER BY amount WHERE ROWNUM<10
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