Retrieving first n rows from a large query

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Retrieving first n rows from a large query

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Posted - 2007-02-15 : 09:26:04

Sriram writes "Hi,

I want to retrieve only the first n rows from a query which returns a large number of rows.

Say,

select empno, name from emp where deptno=100

returns 1000 rows.

I want to improve the query so that it returns only the first 10 rows and not 1000 rows.

Thanks in Advance,
Sriram."

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Posted - 2007-02-15 : 09:53:59

SELECT TOP 10 EmpNo, Name
FROM Emp
WHERE DeptNo = 100
ORDER BY ... -- Name? EmpNo? Shoe size?

Peter Larsson
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