Re: Tricky SQL Problem: Top "n" of queried records

How about just like:

select something
from table
where rownum < 4;

In article <35168C67.5A454A63_at_ti.com>,   p-chang_at_ti.com wrote:
>
> select a.ord_col, a.other_stuff
> from table_name a
> where 3>(select count(*)
> from table_name b
> where b.ord_col < a.ord_col
> )
> order by a.ord_col;
>
> Johan Thorselius wrote:
>
> > Brenda Muller wrote:
> >
> > > In Sybase (and Sybase alone), you can "set rowcount 3" at the beginning
 of your
> > > transaction, which will restrict the server to returning only 3 rows.
 There is
> > > nothing analogous to this in Oracle.
> > >
> > > Brenda Muller
> > >
> >
> > Yes, the following should be equiv. in Oracle:
> >
> > SELECT deptno, sum(salary) FROM emp
> > GROUP BY deptno
> > ...order by something relevant....
> > WHERE ROWNUM < 4;
> >
> > But you must sort the resultset so the rows you are interested in are
 placed first.
> >
> > Best regards
> >
> > Johan Thorselius
>
>

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