I would use SELECT id FROM table ORDER BY id LIMIT 0, 3; in order to get the top 3 results. The key is "Limit" keyword. ========== Wei Weng Network Software Engineer KenCast Inc. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Yoann > Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 4:41 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [SQL] Which SQL query makes it possible to optain the 3 > greatest values of an interger list ? > > > OO( Sql Problem )Oo. > > That is to say a table of 5 inputs of 1 integer field : > > Table = { (1); (12); (3); (9); (4) } > > We want to obtain a result of 1 input of 3 fields, > corresponding to the 3 greatest values of Table, > by descending order : > > Result = { (12; 9; 4) } > > => Which SQL query makes it possible to obtain Result from Table ? > We certainly need to use sub-queries, but how ? > > Thank you in advance for your help ! > > Yoann AUBINEAU > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate > subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your > message can get through to the mailing list cleanly > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly