由于ORACLE不支持SELECT TOP语句,所以在ORACLE中经常是用ORDER BY跟ROWNUM的组合来实现SELECT TOP N的查询。
简单地说,实现方法如下所示:
SELECT 列名1...列名n FROM
(SELECT 列名1...列名n
FROM 表名 ORDER BY 列名1...列名n)
WHERE ROWNUM <= N(抽出记录数)
ORDER BY ROWNUM ASC
下面举个例子简单说明一下。
顾客表customer(id,name)有如下数据:
ID NAME
01 first
02 Second
03 third
04 forth
05 fifth
06 sixth
07 seventh
08 eighth
09 ninth
10 tenth
11 last
则按NAME的字母顺抽出前三个顾客的SQL语句如下所示:
SELECT * FROM
(SELECT * FROM CUSTOMER ORDER BY NAME)
WHERE ROWNUM <= 3
ORDER BY ROWNUM ASC
输出结果为:
ID NAME
08 eighth
05 fifth
01 first