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Message Posted: Sun, 29 Jun 2003 @ 09:21:31 GMT





     
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Subj:   Re: How to fetch specific number of rows
 
From:   Dieter Nöth



Rohitash Saini wrote:

  Can anyone tell me how to fetch specific number of rows from a table in Teradata. suppose I want to select only 5 records from a table , then what will be query in Teradata I am at learning stage in Teradata.  



select * from tab sample 5;

Look for the SAMPLE clause in SQL Manual 4 to return random rows: you can use an absolute number (sample 5 --> 5 rows) or a percentage (sample 0.01 --> 1% of the rows) and request more than one sample.


Dieter





     
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