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Deen Dayal wrote:
>
> hi SQL wizards,
>
> Can any body help me with the tjis SQL. I need a SQL records with top 100 values of
>a table ( not rownum < 101 ).
>
> Thanks
> Deen
>
rownum < 101 is OK if you nest your query, ORDER BY included, as an
in-line view,
ie
select x.val
from (select val
from my_table order by val desc) x
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