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kingz2000

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May 28, 2002
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Hi,

I know with some SQL it is possible to find the top 5 from a list via the function 'top'. How can find the top 5 results ,say, using SQL-SERVER 2000??

ie SELECT TOP5(X) FROM TABLE_A ?????????

thanks for any help.

Kingz
 
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Code: 
SELECT TOP 5 * FROM Table_A ORDER BY ?????
You must have ORDER BY clause.

Borislav Borissov
VFP9 SP2, SQL Server 2000/2005.
 
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