how to delete top 10 rows from table

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hello,

how to delete top ten row from the table
any query for that,please inform me.

thank & regards
vinay

Posted 27-Oct-11 20:09pm

vinayfirstblock

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Solution 2

Try this:

SQL

DELETE 
FROM dbo.TableName
WHERE Primarykeyfieldname IN
(
	SELECT TOP 10 Primarykeyfieldname
	FROM dbo.TableName
)

hope it helps :)

Posted 27-Oct-11 20:15pm

Uday P.Singh

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RaisKazi 28-Oct-11 3:02am

Simple, short and correct! My 5!

Uday P.Singh 28-Oct-11 3:04am

thanks RaisKazi :)

Solution 3

this link could help you.

Posted 27-Oct-11 20:15pm

Bun Leap_kh

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Mehdi Gholam · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-27T20:12:00

Solution 1

Assuming your tablename has an id column :

SQL

delete from tablename where id in (select top 10 id from tablename)

Posted 27-Oct-11 20:12pm

Mehdi Gholam

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Uday P.Singh 28-Oct-11 2:16am

my 5!

Mehdi Gholam 28-Oct-11 2:23am

Thanks

RaisKazi 28-Oct-11 3:02am

Simple, short and correct! My 5!

Mehdi Gholam 28-Oct-11 4:45am

Thanks

Toniyo Jackson 28-Oct-11 3:10am

Correct but sub query will give performance problem. Check my easy answer. 5!

Mehdi Gholam 28-Oct-11 4:45am

Done :)

Toniyo Jackson · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-27T21:09:00

Solution 4

Try this.

SQL

DELETE TOP(10) FROM table_name

Posted 27-Oct-11 21:09pm

Toniyo Jackson

Updated 27-Oct-11 21:33pm

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RaisKazi 28-Oct-11 3:37am

My 5! Yes this is better approach considering performance.

Toniyo Jackson 28-Oct-11 3:42am

Thanks Rais :)

Bala Selvanayagam 28-Oct-11 3:38am

Great, perfect solution my5

Toniyo Jackson 28-Oct-11 3:42am

Thanks Bala :)

Mehdi Gholam 28-Oct-11 4:44am

5'ed! delete top(x) is available in sql2005+

Toniyo Jackson 28-Oct-11 4:47am

Yes. :)