RE: Limiting SQL results returned

Oops, I gotta remember to read the WHOLE message before I reply...

I think for five results for EACH status *could* be done in V5R4 with the ranking functions... I'm stuck at V5R3, so I'm afraid I can't show you the syntax.

I'm sure Birgitta has posted numerous examples of the required functions.

Eric

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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of DeLong, Eric
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 4:11 PM
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Append this to the end of your select statement:

fetch first 5 rows only

Eric

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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jim Essinger
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 3:55 PM
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Subject: Limiting SQL results returned


SQL Guru's

Is there a way to limit the number of rows returned from a SQL statement?
For instance, I want a sampling of 5 records for each status from a file.

Status, Fn1, .... Fn6

For _each_ status that appears in the file, I want 5 and only 5 resulting
rows, could be the first 5 or last 5 or a random 5 - although a random 5
would be awesome - would help with another project I have ahead of me.
There could be 20 different status codes in the file, and I want 5 records
for all 20 status codes. I guess that there might not be 5 for some
statuses, so getting up to 5 results would be OK too.

Any thoughts?

Jim