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MS SQL Server - select first N rows
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In this article, we would like to show you how to find and select the first row from a table in MS SQL Server.
Quick solution:
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SELECT TOP N [column1], [column2], [columnN]2
FROM [table_name];To show how to select the first N rows from a table, we will use the following table:
Note:
At the end of this article you can find database preparation SQL queries.
In this example, we will select all the information (columns) about the first 3 users from the users table.
Query:
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SELECT TOP 3 *2
FROM [users];Output:
In this example, we will find the first 3 users id, name and email column information.
Query:
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SELECT TOP 3 [id], [name], [email]2
FROM [users];Output:
In this example, we will select the first row in some order.
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SELECT TOP 3 *2
FROM [users]3
ORDER BY [name];Output:
create_tables.sql file:
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CREATE TABLE [users] (2
[id] INT IDENTITY(1,1),3
[name] VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL,4
[email] VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL,5
[country] VARCHAR(15) NOT NULL,6
PRIMARY KEY ([id])7
);insert_data.sql file:
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INSERT INTO [users]2
([name], [email], [country])3
VALUES4
('Tom', 'tom@email.com', 'Poland'),5
('Chris', 'chris@email.com', 'Spain'),6
('Jack', 'jack@email.com', 'Spain'),7
('Kim', 'kim@email.com', 'Vietnam'),8
('Marco', 'marco@email.com', 'Italy'),9
('Kate', 'kate@email.com', 'Spain'),10
('Nam', 'nam@email.com', 'Vietnam');