Select the Top 5 : ROWNUM « Table « Oracle PL / SQL

1. Oracle PL / SQL
2. Table
3. ROWNUM

Select the Top 5

 
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SQL> CREATE TABLE employees
  2  ( employee_id          number(10)      not null,
  3    last_name            varchar2(50)      not null,
  4    email                varchar2(30),
  5    hire_date            date,
  6    job_id               varchar2(30),
  7    department_id        number(10),
  8    salary               number(6),
  9    manager_id           number(6)
 10  );

Table created.

SQL>
SQL>
SQL> insert into employees( employee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary,department_id ,manager_id)
  2                values ( 1001, 'Lawson', 'lawson@g.com', '01-JAN-2002','MGR', 30000,1 ,1004);

1 row created.

SQL>
SQL> insert into employees( employee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary, department_id ,manager_id)
  2                values ( 1002, 'Wells', 'wells@g.com', '01-JAN-2002', 'DBA', 20000,2, 1005 );

1 row created.

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SQL> insert into employees( employee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary, department_id ,manager_id)
  2                 values( 1003, 'Bliss', 'bliss@g.com', '01-JAN-2002', 'PROG', 24000,3 ,1004);

1 row created.

SQL>
SQL> insert into employees( employee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary, department_id, manager_id)
  2                 values( 1004,  'Kyte', 'tkyte@a.com', SYSDATE-3650, 'MGR',25000 ,4, 1005);

1 row created.

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SQL> insert into employees( employee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary, department_id, manager_id)
  2                 values( 1005, 'Viper', 'sdillon@a .com', SYSDATE, 'PROG', 20000, 1, 1006);

1 row created.

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SQL> insert into employees( employee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary, department_id,manager_id)
  2                 values( 1006, 'Beck', 'clbeck@g.com', SYSDATE, 'PROG', 20000, 2, null);

1 row created.

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SQL> insert into employees( employee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary, department_id, manager_id)
  2                 values( 1007, 'Java', 'java01@g.com', SYSDATE, 'PROG', 20000, 3, 1006);

1 row created.

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SQL> insert into employees( employee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary, department_id, manager_id)
  2                 values( 1008, 'Oracle', 'wvelasq@g.com', SYSDATE, 'DBA', 20000, 4, 1006);

1 row created.

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SQL>
SQL>  select last_name, hire_date
  2      from employees
  3     order by hire_date;

LAST_NAME                                          HIRE_DATE
-------------------------------------------------- ---------
Kyte                                               16-JUN-98
Wells                                              01-JAN-02
Bliss                                              01-JAN-02
Lawson                                             01-JAN-02
Viper                                              13-JUN-08
Beck                                               13-JUN-08
Oracle                                             13-JUN-08
Java                                               13-JUN-08

8 rows selected.

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SQL>  select last_name, hire_date
  2      from employees
  3     where rownum < 6
  4     order by hire_date;

LAST_NAME                                          HIRE_DATE
-------------------------------------------------- ---------
Kyte                                               16-JUN-98
Wells                                              01-JAN-02
Lawson                                             01-JAN-02
Bliss                                              01-JAN-02
Viper                                              13-JUN-08

SQL>
SQL>  select last_name, hire_date
  2      from ( select last_name, hire_date
  3               from employees
  4              order by hire_date )
  5     where rownum <= 5;

LAST_NAME                                          HIRE_DATE
-------------------------------------------------- ---------
Kyte                                               16-JUN-98
Lawson                                             01-JAN-02
Wells                                              01-JAN-02
Bliss                                              01-JAN-02
Viper                                              13-JUN-08

SQL>
SQL> drop table employees;

Table dropped.

SQL>

 

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