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October 9th, 2003, 06:30 PM
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select top 3
I have a table that holds comment records. The columns are :
user_id, comment, date How can I write a select statement that returns the 3 most recent comment records for each user, all in one recordset. thanks for any help.
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October 9th, 2003, 06:36 PM
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SELECT TOP 3 *
FROM table ORDER BY date DESC
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October 9th, 2003, 06:45 PM
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scorp,
this returns the top 3 across all users. i need to get the top 3 for each user. i've done it with a cursor, but i'd like to find a more efficient way. cj
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October 10th, 2003, 02:49 AM
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Code:
select * from t as q where date in ( SELECT TOP 3 date FROM t where t.user_id = q.user_id ORDER BY date DESC)
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October 10th, 2003, 07:39 AM
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Thanks swampBoogie, it worked.
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