Thank you!
--- Saurabh Sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> do you mean to find top rows based on some coplumn
> values..
> will this help..it will fetch u the nth row based on
> some value of
> particular column.
>
> select * from tablename a where &position_salary-1=
> (select count(distinct col1) from tablename
> where col1>a.col1)
> order by col1;
>
> can modify it to suit ur need..
>
> saurabh
>
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> > Hi listers,
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> > I remeber vaguely there is a way to select top n
> or
> > top % rows of a select statement. But I cannot
> find
> > it anywhere. Could somebody let me know? Thank
> you.
> >
> > Leslie
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