MS SQL Server provides the top syntax that can be used in SQL select queries to limit the records returned from a query. This is especially useful when querying very large tables in cases where the user only cares about a subset of the records. Listed below are examples of how to use th...
In this article, we are going to see how we can limit the SQL query result set to the Top-N rows only. Limiting the SQL result set is very important when the underlying query could end up fetching a very large number of records, which can have asignificant impact on application performa...
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The only required argument is the number of rows to display. In our example,LIMIT 3produced a result set containing three rows. Unless you specify otherwise with theOFFSETargument, this function will always return the firstnrows that meet query requirements. ...
To apply an ORDER BY or LIMIT clause to an individual SELECT, parenthesize the SELECT and place the clause inside the parentheses: (SELECT a FROM t1 WHERE a=10 AND B=1 ORDER BY a LIMIT 10) UNION (SELECT a FROM t2 WHERE a=11 AND B=2 ORDER BY a LIMIT 10); Share Follow edite...
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