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MS SQL Server - select last N rows
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In this article, we would like to show you how to select the last N rows from a table in MS SQL Server.
Ascending order:
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SELECT * FROM (2
SELECT TOP N * 3
FROM [table_name] 4
ORDER BY [column_name] DESC5
) subquery6
ORDER BY [column_name] ASC;Descending order:
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SELECT TOP N * 2
FROM [table_name] 3
ORDER BY [column_name] DESC;To show how to select the last 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 the last three users from the users table in ascending order.
Query:
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SELECT * FROM (2
SELECT TOP 3 * 3
FROM [users] 4
ORDER BY [id] DESC5
) subquery6
ORDER BY [id] ASC;Output:
In this example, we will select the last three users from the users table in descending order.
Query:
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SELECT * FROM [users] ORDER BY [id] DESC LIMIT 3;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
[country] VARCHAR(15) NOT NULL,5
PRIMARY KEY ([id])6
);insert_data.sql file:
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INSERT INTO [users]2
([name], [country])3
VALUES4
('Tom', 'Poland'),5
('Chris', 'Spain'),6
('Jack', 'Spain'),7
('Kim', 'Vietnam'),8
('Marco', 'Italy'),9
('Kate', 'Spain'),10
('Nam', 'Vietnam');