Re: Best method to SELECT TOP n TO m of a table
From: Will Clark <reply_only_to_newsgroup_please_at_noone-lives-here.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 18:19:04 +0000 (UTC)
Message-ID: <bo8qio$4ri$1_at_sparta.btinternet.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 18:19:04 +0000 (UTC)
Message-ID: <bo8qio$4ri$1_at_sparta.btinternet.com>
> Could you please post that more complicated query?
The more complicated query just has lots of WHERE qualifiers...
SELECT * FROM tblOne WHERE id IN
(SELECT TOP 3 id FROM tblTwo WHERE
id NOT IN (SELECT TOP 5 id FROM tblTwo WHERE fieldA = 'value' AND fieldB = 'value' AND (fieldC = 'value' OR fieldD = 'value') ORDER BY id) AND fieldA = 'value' AND fieldB = 'value' AND (fieldC = 'value' OR fieldD = 'value')
ORDER BY id)
AND (flags = 'A' OR flags = 'B')
Something like that!
Cheers :o) Received on Tue Nov 04 2003 - 19:19:04 CET