how to allocate table first value to a variable

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Select variable1=top 1 column_name from tablename

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Posted 11-Sep-14 1:17am

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-11T01:30:00

Try:

SQL

DECLARE @ID INT
SET @ID = (SELECT TOP 1 MyColumn FROM MyTable ORDER BY MyColumn)
PRINT @ID

Posted 11-Sep-14 1:30am

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vidhyankr 12-Sep-14 0:07am

This solution is working.Thanks for the help

OriginalGriff 12-Sep-14 3:26am

You're welcome!

george4986 · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-11T20:20:00

its a syntax error try this

SQL

--assuming ur value type is varchar
declare @a varchar(50)
SELECT TOP 1 @a=MyColumn FROM MyTable ORDER BY MyColumn
SELECT @a

Posted 11-Sep-14 20:20pm