Re: top n or top n%

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,
>
> 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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