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 Problem using 'SELECT TOP n' or 'MAX(n)'

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Rliss
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Posted - 2006-08-09 : 12:53:34
Can anybody tell me why if there are two values that are equal SQLServer returns nothing??
And if you can do that can you work around it?

RLiss

Srinika
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

1378 Posts

Posted - 2006-08-09 : 13:02:48
Question is not clear. Please Post some sample data and expected results

Srinika
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madhivanan
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22864 Posts

Posted - 2006-08-10 : 12:28:09
quote:
Originally posted by Rliss

Can anybody tell me why if there are two values that are equal SQLServer returns nothing??
And if you can do that can you work around it?

RLiss


Do you think you have given us enough information to answer to your question?. As asked, post some sample, expected result and the query you used

Madhivanan

Failing to plan is Planning to fail
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SwePeso
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30421 Posts

Posted - 2006-08-10 : 14:09:10
Max(n) denotes you want the maximum value that exist in column n.
TOP n denotes you want to select to top n values from a table.

Peter Larsson
Helsingborg, Sweden
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