Re: First 20 records from a select, after ordering

A copy of this was sent to "-=< a q u a b u b b l e >=-" <aquabubble_at_Remove.No.Parma.Ham.Remove.geocities.com> (if that email address didn't require changing) On Sun, 31 Oct 1999 20:21:46 -0000, you wrote:

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>> >
>> > SELECT *
>> > FROM (SELECT <columns>
>> > FROM <tablename>
>> > ORDER BY <column>)
>> > WHERE rownum < 21
>> >
>> > This would do your job. HTH

>>
>> I thought this was only available in 8i, not 8....
>>
>I don't see why it wouldn't work in earlier versions than that.
>

Order by in a subquery or view was not supported prior to Oracle8i, release 8.1...

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Opinions are mine and do not necessarily reflect those of Oracle Corporation Received on Mon Nov 01 1999 - 05:22:23 CST