Hi,
Try this query:
select customer,sales
from tablea x
where 3 > (select count(*) from tablea y where y.sales > x.sales)
order by x.sales desc;
Bill Carle
AT&T
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Subject: query for top customer
how to write a query to find top 3 customer
based on their sales .
eg.
TABLE A
customer sales
A100 100
A101 200
A102 105
A103 109
A104 108
RESULTS should be..
A101 200
A103 109
A104 108
Thanks in advance
Brajesh
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