sql top code example

Example 1: SQL SELECT TOP Equivalent in oracal

syntax -> SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name
WHERE ROWNUM <= number 
////example///
SELECT *
FROM Persons
WHERE ROWNUM <=5

Example 2: sql select top

-- SQL Server / MS Access Syntax:
SELECT TOP number|percent column_name(s) FROM table_name WHERE condition;
-- MySQL Syntax:
SELECT column_name(s) FROM table_name WHERE condition LIMIT number;
-- Oracle 12 Syntax:
SELECT column_name(s) FROM table_name ORDER BY column_name(s) 
    FETCH FIRST number ROWS ONLY;
-- Older Oracle Syntax:
SELECT column_name(s) FROM table_name WHERE ROWNUM <= number;

Example 3: SQL SELECT TOP Equivalent in MySQL

syntax=SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name
LIMIT number 

///example///
SELECT *
FROM Persons
LIMIT 5

Example 4: How to display top 50 rows?

In MySQL, top 50 rows are displayed by using this following query:
SELECT * FROM
LIMIT 0, 50;