Re: ***Urgent Question***

try this:
select * from (select emid, deptid from dept order by deptid desc, empid asc) where rownum<8

Gyula
Local Folders wrote:

> Consider the following case.
> TABLE : DEPT
> empid number,
> deptid number,
> deptname varchar2(30)
> primary key (empid, deptid) now i want to fetch first seven records from a cursor
>whose deptid is
> maximum
> and empid is minimum. kindly let me know how to write this cursor statement.for
>example. SQL>
> select deptid, empid from dept; DEPTID EMPID
> --------- ---------
> 2 94204
> 2 94205
> 2 94206
> 2 94207
> 2 94208
> 5 94209
> 5 94210
> 5 94211
> 5 94212
> 5 94213
> 7 94214
> 7 94215
> 7 94216
> 7 94217
> 7 94218 15 rows selected. i want output as following by single query.
>DEPTID EMPID
> --------- ---------
> 7 94214
> 7 94215
> 7 94216
> 7 94217
> 7 94218
> 5 94209
> 5 94210 7 rows selected kindly reply.. thanks in advance. regards
> paresh mehta

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