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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.

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Practical example

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To show how to select the first N rows from a table, we will use the following table:

MS SQL Server - example data used to select the first N rows from the table
MS SQL Server - example data used to select the first N rows from the table

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At the end of this article you can find database preparation SQL queries.

Example 1 - select all columns

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In this example, we will select all the information (columns) about the first 3 users from the users table.

Query:

Output:

MS SQL Server - select first 3 rows from a table - result
MS SQL Server - select first 3 rows from a table - results

Example 2 - select specified columns

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In this example, we will find the first 3 users id,  name and email column information.

Query:

Output:

MS SQL Server - select first 3 rows from a table - result
MS SQL Server - select first 3 rows from a table - results

Example 3 - first row in some order

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In this example, we will select the first row in some order.

Output:

MS SQL Server - select first row from a table ordered by name (alphabetical) - result
MS SQL Server - select first row from a table ordered by name (alphabetical) - results

Database preparation

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create_tables.sql file:

insert_data.sql file:

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