SELECT customer,sales
FROM (SELECT customer,sales
FROM table_a
ORDER BY sales DESC)
WHERE rownum < 4;
Must be running at least 8i for this to work
Rick
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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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