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Limiting the number of records in a SELECT statement
How do I limit the number of records in a SELECT statement in DB2 SQL? Something similar to the TOP command in SQL?
As of DB2 Version 7 you can use the FETCH FIRST n ROWS ONLY clause. By appending this clause to your SQL SELECT...
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statement you will limit the number of rows returned to the value specified for "n". For example, the following SQL statement will limit the number of rows returned to 10:
SELECT FIRSTNAME, LASTNAME, ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP FROM CUSTOMER WHERE ACCTNO > 10 FETCH FIRST 10 ROWS ONLY;
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