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Deepa_tarak
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 Posted - 2004-09-19 : 14:10:08
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| "Hello guys. How can I a specific row alone from a queries result?Take the EMPLOYEE table. Say I want to get only the second highest paid employee or third highest employee. Or I specifically just want the second row alone or third row alone from a query? How do I do that?”SQL Server 7.0 |
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nr
SQLTeam MVY
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Posted - 2004-09-19 : 14:14:40
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| select top 1 *from (select top 3 * from employees order by salary desc) a order by salary==========================================Cursors are useful if you don't know sql.DTS can be used in a similar way.Beer is not cold and it isn't fizzy. |
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Deepa_tarak
Starting Member
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Posted - 2004-09-19 : 14:54:52
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| Thanx for the reply. How do i do it if i dont have any specific field on which to order it by & i just want the second row or third row retreived? |
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spirit1
Cybernetic Yak Master
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Posted - 2004-09-19 : 15:07:37
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in order to use the concept of n-th row from top or bottom, you need to order on something.that's because the data in tables isn't stored in any particular order.Go with the flow & have fun! Else fight the flow  |
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Retreiving a specific row from a resultset