Select 3 rows from each type

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Hi,

I have 2 columns in my table, ID and Report.

Report has 5 categories: Desktop, Laptop, Server, Monitor and Overall

Each category has 5 rows.

I need top three IDs from each category.

Please help.

Thanks in advance.

Posted 3-Oct-13 19:47pm

srmohanr

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Solution 1

Hi, See this link:

How to select first N row of each group[^]
Selecting top N rows for each group in a table[^]

Hope it helps! :)

Posted 3-Oct-13 19:56pm

berrymaria

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srmohanr · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-03T21:08:00

Solution 2

It can be achieved by this.

C#

with ID as 
(SELECT id, 
report_type, ROW_NUMBER() OVER(PARTITION BY report_type ORDER BY id DESC)
 as 'RowNum' from tablename)
SELECT id,report_type FROM ID WHERE RowNum <= 3

Posted 3-Oct-13 21:08pm

srmohanr