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kalyformin
Starting Member

15 Posts

Posted - 2007-12-12 : 18:25:00

I have a stored procedure that takes in a parameter - @count.
Within thIS stored procedure I have a statement that selects the distinct Top "n" records.

How can I set the query to get something like this?

SELECT distinct top <@count>
FROM TABLE

tkizer
Almighty SQL Goddess

38200 Posts

Posted - 2007-12-12 : 18:34:17

What version of SQL Server are you using?

Tara Kizer
Microsoft MVP for Windows Server System - SQL Server
http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/tarad/

kalyformin
Starting Member

15 Posts

Posted - 2007-12-12 : 18:40:51

SQL Server 2000

tkizer
Almighty SQL Goddess

38200 Posts

Posted - 2007-12-12 : 18:45:11

http://www.sqlteam.com/article/dynamic-sql-or-how-do-i-select-top-var-records

Tara Kizer
Microsoft MVP for Windows Server System - SQL Server
http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/tarad/

kalyformin
Starting Member

15 Posts

Posted - 2007-12-12 : 19:00:13

Thanks.

Is there anyway I can implement this with the following query-

INSERT <Table1>(col1,col2)
SELECT distinct TOP <@count>
col1,
col2
FROM <Table2>

tkizer
Almighty SQL Goddess

38200 Posts

Posted - 2007-12-12 : 19:04:01

Yes. Check out the article and then try the two solutions out.

Tara Kizer
Microsoft MVP for Windows Server System - SQL Server
http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/tarad/

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