selecting the last 3 orders made

[noks]

Hi guys

Am new in SQL server. i use SQL server 2003 ans am trying to retieve the last three orders made. Can you please help me with my Select statement so that it will only select the last three coz @ the moment it selects everything

CODE:
SELECT dbo.Invoice.InvoiceNo, dbo.Sales.UnitsSold, dbo.Sales.QuantitySold, dbo.Sales.CostAmount, dbo.Item.ItemCode, dbo.Item.ItemDescription,
dbo.Item.Item, dbo.PurchaseOrder.OrderNumber, dbo.PurchaseOrder.OrderDate, dbo.PurchaseOrder.OrderStatus, dbo.PurchaseOrder.QuantityOrdered,
dbo.PurchaseOrder.QuantityReceived, dbo.Customer.CustomerCode
FROM dbo.Invoice INNER JOIN
dbo.Sales ON dbo.Invoice.InvoiceKey = dbo.Sales.InvoiceKey INNER JOIN
dbo.Item ON dbo.Sales.ItemKey = dbo.Item.ItemKey INNER JOIN
dbo.PurchaseOrder ON dbo.Sales.VendorKey = dbo.PurchaseOrder.VendorKey INNER JOIN
dbo.Customer ON dbo.Sales.CustomerKey = dbo.Customer.CustomerKey

Thanks
Noks

[Arnold Schuur]

You have to sort the order records descendending by for example orderDateTime or OrderId and then take the top 3 records.

Pseudo code:

SELECT TOP 3 * FROM ORDERS ORDER BY ORDER_DATE_TIME DESC