select top 15 and send top 5 , 5, 5

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select top 15 and send top 5 , 5, 5

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shanmugaraj
Posting Yak Master

219 Posts

Posted - 2006-07-24 : 08:05:17

I have a requirement to select top 15 from a table

select top 15 from students
============================
now , i want to send first 5 to Class A , Next 5 to Class B , Next 5 to Class C

how can i
select top 5 to 10 from top 15 from table students
==========================================

select top 10 to 15 from top 15 from table students
==========================================

khtan
In (Som, Ni, Yak)

17689 Posts

Posted - 2006-07-24 : 08:12:24

See this examle

declare @table table
(
	rank	int,
	student	varchar(10)
)

insert into @table
select	1, 'A'	union all
select	2, 'B'	union all
select	3, 'C'	union all
select	4, 'D'	union all
select	5, 'E'	union all
select	6, 'F'	

select	top 2 rank, student
from	@table
order by rank

select	top 2 rank, student
from
(
	select	top 4 rank, student
	from	@table
	order by rank
) a
order by rank desc


select	top 2 rank, student
from
(
	select	top 6 rank, student
	from	@table
	order by rank
) a
order by rank desc

shanmugaraj
Posting Yak Master

219 Posts

Posted - 2006-07-24 : 08:14:16

Respected khtan ,
Thanks for the example
Kindly provide me few time to check the code

SwePeso
Patron Saint of Lost Yaks

30421 Posts

Posted - 2006-07-24 : 08:16:17

select	rank,
	student,
	'Class ' + CHAR(65 + (rank - 1) / 2)
from	@table

Peter Larsson
Helsingborg, Sweden

madhivanan
Premature Yak Congratulator

22864 Posts

Posted - 2006-07-24 : 10:56:52

If it is for pagination, refer
http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/jeffs/archive/2003/12/22/672.aspx

Madhivanan

Failing to plan is Planning to fail

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