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getting the nearest number from a column

From: matt <reflection77_at_gmail.com>
Date: 9 Apr 2007 00:50:10 -0700
Message-ID: <1176105010.255201.64370@l77g2000hsb.googlegroups.com> 





I have a table with a column called salary.   There are other columns
as well but for the most part irrelevant to my problem.   I want to be
able to retrieve the closest salary value based on what a user
inputs.



SAL



===


4000


3200


2900


2000


800




user input: 1450



I would like to get back  "2000"  as the closest value.     I don't
seem to see a useful operator such as "TOP" in mssql.



Any help would be appreciated.


Thanks
Received on Mon Apr 09 2007 - 02:50:10 CDT












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