Re: How do I use ROWNUM in a subquery (emulating SQL Server TOP n)

"DA Morgan" <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote in message news:1102032028.852803_at_yasure...
> Bricklen wrote:
>
>> DA Morgan wrote:
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>>> billiauk_at_yahoo.co.uk wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Or did you just reply because you saw the opportunity to bash
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> someone?
>>>>
>>>> Of course not. I stopped visiting usenet because it grew incredibly
>>>> tiresome for me to see the vast swathes of rude, arrogant and flaming
>>>> responses by a select few. So having come back to give it another go, I
>>>> see accusations of homework questions and RTFM style answers by the
>>>> same select few on almost all of the first 10 threads I read. So I was
>>>> annoyed that's all and felt sorry for the guy who asked the question.
>>>>
>>>> And if you'd already dismissed the question, why on earth are you still
>>>> following the thread ? Especially when there's all those juicy threads
>>>> in the server forum to answer...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Because Howard must always have the last and be RIGHT word I expect.
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>> <snip>
>> Wasn't he referring to Sybrand, not Howard?
>
> Not according to my memory which, I will sadly acknowledge, is
> sometimes faulty. It has certainly been my experience that Sybrand will
> say something and be done with it whereas Howard will continue to post
> when no point remains to be made other than having the last word. It is
> sadly one reason why I now routinely stop responding to what he writes:
> Once it degenerates into a testosterone contest I lose interest.
> --
> Daniel A. Morgan
> University of Washington
> damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
> (replace 'x' with 'u' to respond)

it was Sybrand because Howard hasnt participated in this thread Received on Thu Dec 02 2004 - 18:14:08 CST