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selecting the 2nd highest record?
Posted on 2008-10-14
I need to get the 2nd latest value of my OrderId field.
The code I am using is attached.
Could you pleade tell me why this is a syntax error?
The code I am using is attached.
Could you pleade tell me why this is a syntax error?
select top 1 OrderID from (select top 2 OrderID from
T_orderheader order by OrderID desc)
order by OrderID asc
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4 Comments
Give a name to your "table".
select top 1 OrderID from (select top 2 OrderID from
T_orderheader order by OrderID desc) l
order by OrderID asc
Active 5 days ago
something like
SELECT TOP 1 *
FROM (SELECT TOP 2*
FROM tablename
ORDER BY columnname DESC)e1
ORDER BY Sal
SELECT TOP 1 *
FROM (SELECT TOP 2*
FROM tablename
ORDER BY columnname DESC)e1
ORDER BY Sal
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