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ConfusedAgain
Yak Posting Veteran

United Kingdom
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Posted - 05/02/2012 :  05:39:11  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I have a table that records the scores of players in a game. I want to create a statement that picks the winner.

SELECT Top(1) [GameID]
,[PlayerUserName]
,[PlayerScore]
FROM [Players]
ORDER BY PlayerScore

This would work however if there are two players with the same score I need to select both of them as winners. How can I do this?

Thanks

webfred
Flowing Fount of Yak Knowledge

Germany
8515 Posts
Posted - 05/02/2012 :  06:15:16  Show Profile  Visit webfred's Homepage  Reply with Quote
select ...
from Players
where PlayerScore = (select max(PlayerScore) from Players)


No, you're never too old to Yak'n'Roll if you're too young to die.
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sunitabeck
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Posted - 05/02/2012 :  07:06:01  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
You can also use WITH TIES keyword
SELECT Top(1) WITH TIES [GameID]
,[PlayerUserName]
,[PlayerScore]
FROM [Players]
ORDER BY PlayerScore
Unless this is golf, you may want to add a DESC keyword in the order by clause (to pick the highest score rather than the lowest).
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ConfusedAgain
Yak Posting Veteran

United Kingdom
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Posted - 05/02/2012 :  07:14:43  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Many thanks for that.
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denis_the_thief
Constraint Violating Yak Guru

Canada
470 Posts
Posted - 05/02/2012 :  10:20:12  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Another option:

select * from
	(
	SELECT 
	*, RANK() OVER (ORDER BY PlayerScore) [rank]
	from Players
	) T
where [RANK] = 1
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