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Re: To display 5 Largest values from table

From: Greg Forestieri <gforestieri9_at_yahoo.com>
Date: 21 Mar 2003 06:38:07 -0800
Message-ID: <6a8cdd95.0303210638.475f4567@posting.google.com> 





param_gcs_at_hotmail.com (SQL_SAVVY) wrote in message news:<8e3f64bc.0303210334.3f1812c_at_posting.google.com>...


> i want to display first 3 persons with largest salary





Is it 5 or 3?  You might want to use dynamic sql as the users might
want to vary the number.



A quickie would be...



select * from 


(select * 


 from   salaries


 order by salary_amount desc)


where rownum <= 3




Good luck


Greg
Received on Fri Mar 21 2003 - 08:38:07 CST












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