SELECT a.customer,
a.sales
FROM (SELECT customer,
sales
FROM a
ORDER BY sales desc) a
WHERE rownum<4;
would do the trick...
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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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