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If i have two identical queries, with exception of top criteria

Select top 1 * from photos

Select top 8 * from photos

why does altering the top critieria alter the order of the returned
results?

Jul 23 '05 #1
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If i have two identical queries, with exception of top criteria

Select top 1 * from photos

Select top 8 * from photos

why does altering the top critieria alter the order of the returned
results?


The only way to get data in a certain order is to use ORDER BY - rows in
tables have no order, so you need to tell MSSQL what order you want. See
SELECT in Books Online, which notes that TOP without ORDER BY returns
"arbitrary" rows.

Simon
Jul 23 '05 #2

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