Returning a specified number of rows

Returning a specified number of rows

How do I write a query that can return a specific number of rows? Say, base on the constant that I set, I can either return 20 rows, 30 rows from a table (or multiple tables)? Thanks.


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If you're using SQL/Server or MS Access, use the TOP keyword --

select top 20 foo, bar
  from thetable

If you're using MySQL, use the LIMIT keyword --

select foo, bar
  from thetable
 limit 20

If you're using Oracle, use ROWNUM or RANK() as explained in "Performing top-N queries in Oracle".

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This was first published in May 2001

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