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Try the following query:
select id
, total
from orders
where rownum < 5
order by total desc
/
Should work...
h.t.h.
BertJan Meinders
Oracle DBA
ASR-ICT
In article <8vgltk$mq3$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com>,
Paul <elrik13269_at_my-deja.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I,m new to sql and wonder if anybody could help me with the following:
> If I had a table with say order id and order total i.e
>
> id total
> 213 567.35
> 345 444.00
> 214 32.99
> and so on how would I find say just the fourth highest total from the
> table without displaying the rest of the table.
> Thanks for any help.
>
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