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rameshabap988
Starting Member

5 Posts

Posted - 2011-05-18 : 09:29:41

Hi Experts,

How to get top 3 records from table.EMP Table field SAL...
Ex:SAL
4
5
2
8
9
The out put should like
9
8
5
Could you please any one help me...

Thanks&Regards
Ramesh

X002548
Not Just a Number

15586 Posts

Posted - 2011-05-18 : 09:31:46

SELECT TOP 3 SAL FROM EMP ORDER BY SAL DESC

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madhivanan
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22864 Posts

Posted - 2011-05-30 : 07:24:58

More methods
http://beyondrelational.com/blogs/madhivanan/archive/2007/08/27/find-nth-maximum-value.aspx

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