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samuel84
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Posted - 2004-08-25 : 22:05:42
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| hi experts., i would like to select first 5 records from a table where auto number is a primary key, i will give the last record as a input parameter to fetch the next following 5 . how do i achieve this please help me, im doin this to increase the performance while paging.. is ther a sql statement to select first n records from a tableThanksSamuelSam |
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Seventhnight
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
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Posted - 2004-08-25 : 22:31:38
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| Select top n * from TableSelect top 10 * from TableCorey |
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eyechart
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
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Posted - 2004-08-25 : 22:33:21
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| don't forget an ORDER BY clause. -ec |
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sagarvt
Starting Member
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Posted - 2004-08-26 : 04:45:26
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| Boss,If u want only top 5 records then query is like select top 5 * from <table> order by autono desc;Suppose if u give autono as 20 and want to get records from 20 to 25 then u need to write a stored procedure for that. confirm this i can give u code for that.regardssagar |
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