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  3. May 2006

RE: DB2 Question


java400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 05/04/2006 08:37:35 AM:

> > From: Paul Nicolay
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > The problem is that DB2 doesn't support this, but it can be done by a
> > trick which works by combining the following statements as one
> >
> > - Select the TOP 75 in descending order with cirteria
> > - Select the TOP 25 of these in ascending order
>
> Just a quibble... to get records 50-75, you'd have to specify the top 26,
> not the top 25, on the second query.
>
> Joe

would this work?

SELECT * FROM DB2ADMIN.ST_ITEM a
 where rrn(a) between 50 and 75

Is TOP supported on the iSeries?  I can't find it in the manuals.  The
closest I found was "fetch first nn rows".

Phil

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