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June 3, 2013 at 10:28 pm

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Srinivas.Pendyala SSC Enthusiast Points: 119 More actions · Answer 1

what about the 5 th value,why it is not giving output of 5?

Lokesh Vij SSChampion Points: 10836 More actions · Answer 2

Easy one for the day. Thanks Yogesh:-)

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Srinivas.Pendyala (6/3/2013)
what about the 5 th value,why it is not giving output of 5?

Srinivas, The idea here is we are using "TOP(6) WITH TIES", initially "TOP 6" is executed, this returns result set : {1,2,3,3,4,4}. Now because "WITH TIES" clause is present, additional rows with matching values in the result set will be returned. So we see that we shall get 7th row as the column value 4, is part of the existing result set. So the final result set is : {1,2,3,3,4,4,4}.

Now 5 being not appearing in the result set, it shall not be returned.

Hope it is clear now!

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June 3, 2013 at 11:05 pm

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thanks yogesh,

now i can undestand.

Raghavendra Mudugal SSChampion Points: 10658 More actions · Answer 5

Good one, thank you for the post.

(even though knowing the answer accidently selected the wrong one and forgot the TOP clause)

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June 3, 2013 at 11:14 pm

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Good Explanation .. Lokesh

kapil_kk SSC-Insane Points: 21316 More actions · Answer 7

Lokesh Vij (6/3/2013)
Srinivas.Pendyala (6/3/2013)
what about the 5 th value,why it is not giving output of 5?
Srinivas, The idea here is we are using "TOP(6) WITH TIES", initially "TOP 6" is executed, this returns result set : {1,2,3,3,4,4}. Now because "WITH TIES" clause is present, additional rows with matching values in the result set will be returned. So we see that we shall get 7th row as the column value 4, is part of the existing result set. So the final result set is : {1,2,3,3,4,4,4}.
Now 5 being not appearing in the result set, it shall not be returned.
Hope it is clear now!

+1 🙂

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Lokesh Vij (6/3/2013)
Easy one for the day. Thanks Yogesh:-)

+1:-)

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manik_anu SSCrazy Points: 2377 More actions · Answer 9

Lokesh Vij (6/3/2013)
Srinivas.Pendyala (6/3/2013)
what about the 5 th value,why it is not giving output of 5?
Srinivas, The idea here is we are using "TOP(6) WITH TIES", initially "TOP 6" is executed, this returns result set : {1,2,3,3,4,4}. Now because "WITH TIES" clause is present, additional rows with matching values in the result set will be returned. So we see that we shall get 7th row as the column value 4, is part of the existing result set. So the final result set is : {1,2,3,3,4,4,4}.
Now 5 being not appearing in the result set, it shall not be returned.
Hope it is clear now!

+1 🙂 nice one....

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Jamsheer Ten Centuries Points: 1136 More actions · Answer 10

Nice question. Helped me to refresh ' WITH TIES'.. Thanks

Kevin Gill SSCrazy Points: 2348 More actions · Answer 11

Darn it I counted the 4's wrong after having a lightbulb moment about what 'With Ties' does. As I clicked the answer I knew it was wrong because it was also the most obvious one...

🙂

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Revenant SSC-Forever Points: 42467 More actions · Answer 12

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June 4, 2013 at 9:33 am

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Nice back-to-basics - thanks, Yogesh!

Michael Poppers SSCrazy Points: 2151 More actions · Answer 13

kapil_kk (6/3/2013)
Lokesh Vij (6/3/2013)
Srinivas.Pendyala (6/3/2013)
what about the 5 th value,why it is not giving output of 5?
Srinivas, The idea here is we are using "TOP(6) WITH TIES", initially "TOP 6" is executed, this returns result set : {1,2,3,3,4,4}. Now because "WITH TIES" clause is present, additional rows with matching values in the result set will be returned. So we see that we shall get 7th row as the column value 4, is part of the existing result set. So the final result set is : {1,2,3,3,4,4,4}.
Now 5 being not appearing in the result set, it shall not be returned.
Hope it is clear now!
+1 🙂

Ditto :-D...and may I add that I had not seen WITH TIES before until a recent QotD, so my experience with that QotD made this QotD relatively easy for me and was a nice refresher :-).