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"Sybrand Bakker" <gooiditweg_at_sybrandb.demon.nl> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 18:13:26 +0100, Georg Maaß <spam_at_clausmark.com>
> wrote:
>
> >Hi,
> >
> >what is the Oracle SQL syntax to limit the number of rows returned by a
> >select.
> >
> >MS-SQL supports TOP to do this:
> >
> >select TOP 1 * from stuff;
> >
> >But what is the correct syntax for Oracle to get only the first entry?
> >
> >Greetings, Georg
>
> Questions like this one should not be posted here, but looked up in
> the Oracle SQL reference manual for your version (which you don't
> mention and the answer is version dependent), available for free at
> http://tahiti.oracle.com
>
Just curious, do you have a list of valid questions we can look at to know
in advance if our questions are ok for this group :)
I think a valid question was asked and the answer was given by someone.
So, what exactly was wrong with this?
>
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> Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA
Received on Fri Jan 23 2004 - 23:56:46 CST
