Instead of TOP 5 DistKm FROM SCLeague you can probably use
DistKm SORTED BY DistKm DESCENDING LIMIT 5 The rest about temp files is probably best to read Goran Bobic's mail. Billy Reed wrote: > I am new to MySQL and am trying to convert : > > SELECT SUM(DistKm) AS Distance FROM (SELECT TOP 5 DistKm FROM XCLeague WHERE > LoginID='billyreed' AND HGPG='PG' ORDER BY DistKm DESC) > > This is a subselect which selects the top 5 cross country flight distances > of hang glider pilots (for a specific pilot) and then sums the result for > each pilot. Subsequent code writes this to a new table showing who is in the > lead !! > > Can anyone suggest how this is done in MySQL. It doesnt seem to like the TOP > 5 syntax. > > I have been able to convert the rest of my site from MS Access to MySQL but > am struggling with this. > > many thanks in anticipation. > > Billy Reed > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > > > -- Steve Rapaport World Citizen --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
