hi milind iam not sure but does <= will work coz with rownum i thought only < worked.....hence we could use "< 11" i not sure can u let me know ...
thanx and rgds, Ams.... -----Original Message----- Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 7:13 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi Santosh, If I understand your requirement correctly, this could be the solution for first 10 records : select * from TABLE_NAME where rownum<=10 order by rowid; for last 10 records : select * from contract where rownum<=10 order by rowid desc; MILIND SHITOLE [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: "Amjad Saiyed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: Finding out last 10 records >Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 04:28:24 -0800 > >i thought santosh wanted records based on value that is 1st 10 minimal >values and last 10 max values...well if this is not the case than the >solution that i had send using rownum is obsolete and hence ignore it.... > >rgds, >Ams. >www.medicomsoft.com. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Alexandre >Gorbatchev > Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 3:08 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: Re: Finding out last 10 records > > > Santosh, > > There is no "last" and "first" records in relational databases in terms >of >location. All records are equal and may be stored physically anywhere. I >guess that may be possible (parsing ROWID and using information about >extent >location) to sort records by extent, block and number of record inside >block, but that's not a trivial task. > If you need to select last 10 inserted records, make a trigger with >filling a timestamp into a column and select with sort by this column using >rownum in where condition. > > Alexandre > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Santosh Varma > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 11:48 AM > Subject: Finding out last 10 records > > > Hello all > Could any one of you guide me on how to select last 10 records >from >a table. and also finding out first 10 records.. > > Thanks and regards, > > Santosh > > _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Milind Desh INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Amjad Saiyed INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
