How to retrieve the top most 5 salaries from table

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How to retrieve the top most 5 salaries from table

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rameshbhamidipati
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2 Posts

Posted - 2008-05-12 : 05:39:35

Hi all..

I want to retrieve the top most 5 salaries from the table please help.

Thanks in advance
Ramesh.

cutiebo2t
Constraint Violating Yak Guru

256 Posts

Posted - 2008-05-12 : 05:42:13

SELECT TOP 5 COLUMNNAME

harsh_athalye
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

5581 Posts

Posted - 2008-05-12 : 05:43:37

[code]Select top 5 *
from table
order by sal desc[/code]

Harsh Athalye
India.
"The IMPOSSIBLE is often UNTRIED"

madhivanan
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22864 Posts

Posted - 2008-05-12 : 05:47:31

quote:
Originally posted by cutiebo2t

SELECT TOP 5 COLUMNNAME

What do you mean?

Madhivanan

Failing to plan is Planning to fail

cutiebo2t
Constraint Violating Yak Guru

256 Posts

Posted - 2008-05-12 : 05:48:27

You're an expert. I think you understand.

harsh_athalye
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5581 Posts

Posted - 2008-05-12 : 05:53:50

quote:
Originally posted by cutiebo2t

You're an expert. I think you understand.

But I believe question was asked by newbie, not an expert.

Harsh Athalye
India.
"The IMPOSSIBLE is often UNTRIED"

SwePeso
Patron Saint of Lost Yaks

30421 Posts

Posted - 2008-05-12 : 05:58:10

quote:
Originally posted by madhivanan

What do you mean?

He's mad because he got "no real help" here
http://www.sqlteam.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=102622

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rameshbhamidipati
Starting Member

2 Posts

Posted - 2008-05-12 : 05:59:18

Will this work for oracle or MySql...

cutiebo2t
Constraint Violating Yak Guru

256 Posts

Posted - 2008-05-12 : 06:01:13

I'm glad to know that you're helping newbies. :)

harsh_athalye
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

5581 Posts

Posted - 2008-05-12 : 06:03:54

quote:
Originally posted by rameshbhamidipati

Will this work for oracle or MySql...

Not sure. But you can check alternatives here: http://dotnet.org.za/thea/archive/2005/02/22/14715.aspx

Harsh Athalye
India.
"The IMPOSSIBLE is often UNTRIED"

visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder

52326 Posts

Posted - 2008-05-12 : 06:04:55