Need Top 3 or Top n number of rows from a group of rows

• tknoobOLD

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  October 2, 2006 at 5:24 pm

  #94378

  Hi All,

  I'm trying to get the Top 3 or Top n number of rows (latest entered by date) of grouped data.  From the following query:

  SELECT Last_Name, First_Name, Task_Number, Detail_Work_Performed, Detail_Action_Date

  FROM ProjectData

  GROUP BY Last_Name, First_Name, Task_Number, Detail_Action_Date, Detail_Work_Performed

  ORDER BY Last_Name, First_Name, Task_Number, Detail_Action_Date desc

  How would I get the Top 3 latest entered rows (from Detail_Action_Date) grouped by the Task_Number?

  Sometimes I may have 10+ rows for a particulary Task_Number but only want to display the latest 3.

  Thanks for your help.

   

  Tim

• SQLBill

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  October 2, 2006 at 5:48 pm

  #663743

  Please don't cross post. You also have this in the 2000/2005 TSQL forum. And I posted a response there.

  http://www.sqlservercentral.com/forums/shwmessage.aspx?forumid=8&messageid=312785

  -SQLBill