This topic describes how to group data records and query the first N data records.
Sample data
empno | ename | job | sal |
7369 | SMITH | CLERK | 800.0 |
7876 | SMITH | CLERK | 1100.0 |
7900 | JAMES | CLERK | 950.0 |
7934 | MILLER | CLERK | 1300.0 |
7499 | ALLEN | SALESMAN | 1600.0 |
7654 | MARTIN | SALESMAN | 1250.0 |
7844 | TURNER | SALESMAN | 1500.0 |
7521 | WARD | SALESMAN | 1250.0 |
Implementation
Query the row ID of each record and use the WHERE clause to filter the records.
SELECT * FROM (
SELECT empno
, ename
, sal
, job
, ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY job ORDER BY sal) AS rn
FROM emp
) tmp
WHERE rn < 10;