Re: help how get the n top rows for any table?

From: Breno A. K. Magnago <breno_at_mercantilsoares.com.br>
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 11:13:43 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.00346093.20010710105529@fatcity.com>

Alexander,

Tuesday, July 10, 2001, 1:45:51 PM, you wrote:

AO> Hi, gurus!!!

AO> A need know how get n top row for any table somebody can help me!!

AO> Thanks!!!

AO> @lex
AO> ------------------------------------------------------------
AO>   Lic. Alexander Ordóñez Arroyo 
AO>   Caja Costarricense del Seguro Social                             
AO>   Soporte Técnico - División de Informática                     
AO>   Telefono: 295-2004, San José, Costa Rica                    
AO>   Aordonez_at_ccss.sa.cr

AO> ------------------------------------------------------------

AO> UNIX is very user friendly,
AO> It's just very particular about who it makes friends with.

Example with ROWNUM :

SELECT COD
FROM DETAIL
WHERE ROWNUM < 5
ORDER BY COD DESC This script gets 4 tops rows

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