How to get last 10 records in table in reverse order?
Sorry if this has been asked before - I look in this group and the asp group but didn't find anything specifically for MSSQL - Access and Oracle but nothing that would work here.
I have a table of simple company revenue info that I'm using to populate a chart. The current range starts at 1990 and goes to the present (the first record is 1990 and the most recent is 2004). I need to get the most recent 10 records and display them in descending order (i.e. from 1994 to 2004) in order to feed the data to the chart in the proper order. My trouble is, if I do a straight top 10 query, I get 1990 to 2000 - correct order but wrong range. If I use desc to re-order the query, then I get 2004 to 1994 - right range but wrong order.
Is there a way to re-order the results of a query in MSSQL? I have the code I'm using from the stored procedure below - it uses another query to get the query range (which is another question) and chart colors from another table, hence the added complexity.
Thanks in advance for your time and help.
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DECLARE @chartRange int,@chartColor char(10)
SELECT @chartRange = chartRange from tbl_CompanyRevenueChart
SELECT @chartColor = colorGrossSales from tbl_CompanyRevenueChart
begin
SELECT top @chartRange revenueYear,revenueAmtGros
FROM tbl_CompanyRevenue
ORDER BY revenueYear
end
I have a table of simple company revenue info that I'm using to populate a chart. The current range starts at 1990 and goes to the present (the first record is 1990 and the most recent is 2004). I need to get the most recent 10 records and display them in descending order (i.e. from 1994 to 2004) in order to feed the data to the chart in the proper order. My trouble is, if I do a straight top 10 query, I get 1990 to 2000 - correct order but wrong range. If I use desc to re-order the query, then I get 2004 to 1994 - right range but wrong order.
Is there a way to re-order the results of a query in MSSQL? I have the code I'm using from the stored procedure below - it uses another query to get the query range (which is another question) and chart colors from another table, hence the added complexity.
Thanks in advance for your time and help.
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DECLARE @chartRange int,@chartColor char(10)
SELECT @chartRange = chartRange from tbl_CompanyRevenueChart
SELECT @chartColor = colorGrossSales from tbl_CompanyRevenueChart
begin
SELECT top @chartRange revenueYear,revenueAmtGros
FROM tbl_CompanyRevenue
ORDER BY revenueYear
end
Hi saabStory,
if you're in a stored procedure, then select into a temp table and select out of that in the correct order.
Alternatively, you could do it with a single query by using a sub query to return the correct records, then sort them in the outer query.
Cheers!
if you're in a stored procedure, then select into a temp table and select out of that in the correct order.
Alternatively, you could do it with a single query by using a sub query to return the correct records, then sort them in the outer query.
Cheers!
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DECLARE @chartRange int,@chartColor char(10)
SELECT @chartRange = chartRange from tbl_CompanyRevenueChart
SELECT @chartColor = colorGrossSales from tbl_CompanyRevenueChart
begin
SELECT top @chartRange revenueYear,revenueAmtGros
FROM tbl_CompanyRevenue
WHERE revenueYear >= ( Select Max( revenueYear ) - 10 FROM tbl_CompanyRevenue )
ORDER BY revenueYear
end
SELECT @chartRange = chartRange from tbl_CompanyRevenueChart
SELECT @chartColor = colorGrossSales from tbl_CompanyRevenueChart
begin
SELECT top @chartRange revenueYear,revenueAmtGros
FROM tbl_CompanyRevenue
WHERE revenueYear >= ( Select Max( revenueYear ) - 10 FROM tbl_CompanyRevenue )
ORDER BY revenueYear
end
does this work?
SELECT
*
FROM
(
SELECT TOP 10
*
FROM
( SELECT * FROM tbl_company_revenue ORDER BY revenueyear DESC )
ORDER BY
revenueyear ASC
)
SELECT
*
FROM
(
SELECT TOP 10
*
FROM
( SELECT * FROM tbl_company_revenue ORDER BY revenueyear DESC )
ORDER BY
revenueyear ASC
)
ASKER
Thanks - that'll work. I had everything on my own except for the 'A' - have to find out what that's all about. Thanks for the help.
More simply,
All you need to do is embed you original query as a subquery into a query that sorts your results in the opposite order
select * from (
select top 10 * from tbl_CompanyRevenue Order by RevenueYear desc)
a
Order by RevenueYear asc
All you need to do is embed you original query as a subquery into a query that sorts your results in the opposite order
select * from (
select top 10 * from tbl_CompanyRevenue Order by RevenueYear desc)
a
Order by RevenueYear asc
ASKER
Right - that's exactly what I wound up doing.
ORDER BY revenue year desc -- for descending
If your oldest data is 1990 and you get from 1990 to 2000, it looks like your ORDER BY needs turning around.
AustinSeven