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Oracle PL / SQL » Table » ROWNUM 
Select the Top 5
 
SQL>
SQL> CREATE TABLE employees
  2  employee_id          number(10)      not null,
  3    last_name            varchar2(50)      not null,
  4    email                varchar2(30),
  5    hire_date            date,
  6    job_id               varchar2(30),
  7    department_id        number(10),
  8    salary               number(6),
  9    manager_id           number(6)
 10  );

Table created.

SQL>
SQL>
SQL> insert into employeesemployee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary,department_id ,manager_id)
  2                values 1001'Lawson', 'lawson@g.com', '01-JAN-2002','MGR', 30000,,1004);

row created.

SQL>
SQL> insert into employeesemployee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary, department_id ,manager_id)
  2                values 1002'Wells', 'wells@g.com', '01-JAN-2002', 'DBA', 20000,21005 );

row created.

SQL>
SQL> insert into employeesemployee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary, department_id ,manager_id)
  2                 values1003'Bliss', 'bliss@g.com', '01-JAN-2002', 'PROG', 24000,,1004);

row created.

SQL>
SQL> insert into employeesemployee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary, department_id, manager_id)
  2                 values1004,  'Kyte', 'tkyte@a.com', SYSDATE-3650'MGR',25000 ,41005);

row created.

SQL>
SQL> insert into employeesemployee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary, department_id, manager_id)
  2                 values1005'Viper', 'sdillon@a .com', SYSDATE, 'PROG', 2000011006);

row created.

SQL>
SQL> insert into employeesemployee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary, department_id,manager_id)
  2                 values1006'Beck', 'clbeck@g.com', SYSDATE, 'PROG', 200002null);

row created.

SQL>
SQL> insert into employeesemployee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary, department_id, manager_id)
  2                 values1007'Java', 'java01@g.com', SYSDATE, 'PROG', 2000031006);

row created.

SQL>
SQL> insert into employeesemployee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary, department_id, manager_id)
  2                 values1008'Oracle', 'wvelasq@g.com', SYSDATE, 'DBA', 2000041006);

row created.

SQL>
SQL>
SQL>  select last_name, hire_date
  2      from employees
  3     order by hire_date;

LAST_NAME                                          HIRE_DATE
-------------------------------------------------- ---------
Kyte                                               16-JUN-98
Wells                                              01-JAN-02
Bliss                                              01-JAN-02
Lawson                                             01-JAN-02
Viper                                              13-JUN-08
Beck                                               13-JUN-08
Oracle                                             13-JUN-08
Java                                               13-JUN-08

rows selected.

SQL>
SQL>  select last_name, hire_date
  2      from employees
  3     where rownum < 6
  4     order by hire_date;

LAST_NAME                                          HIRE_DATE
-------------------------------------------------- ---------
Kyte                                               16-JUN-98
Wells                                              01-JAN-02
Lawson                                             01-JAN-02
Bliss                                              01-JAN-02
Viper                                              13-JUN-08

SQL>
SQL>  select last_name, hire_date
  2      from select last_name, hire_date
  3               from employees
  4              order by hire_date )
  5     where rownum <= 5;

LAST_NAME                                          HIRE_DATE
-------------------------------------------------- ---------
Kyte                                               16-JUN-98
Lawson                                             01-JAN-02
Wells                                              01-JAN-02
Bliss                                              01-JAN-02
Viper                                              13-JUN-08

SQL>
SQL> drop table employees;

Table dropped.

SQL>

 
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