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Old 09-29-2006, 07:20 PM
davinder singh
 
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Default SQL 92 dialect question:

how to find third highest record from table?

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Old 09-30-2006, 04:40 AM
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Default SQL 92 answer. Re: how to find third highest record from table?
Please, see my answer to question number 47 ([A]here[/a]), which assumed natural ordering on column "a".
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Old 10-13-2006, 01:03 AM
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Default MS SQL answer. Re: how to find third highest record from table?
SELECT top 3 columnname FROM tablename
ORDER BY callsanswered DESC
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Old 12-19-2006, 12:57 PM
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Default SQL 99 answer. Re: how to find third highest record from table?
SELECT TOP 1 *
FROM (SELECT TOP 2*
FROM tablename
ORDER BY columnname DESC)e1
ORDER BY Sal
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