A SELECT statement with a TOP clause and the WITH TIES keyword : Top « Query « SQL Server / T-SQL Tutorial

If you include WITH TIES, additional rows will be included if their values match, or tie, the values of the last row.
6>
7>
8> create table Billings (
9>     BankerID           INTEGER,
10>     BillingNumber      INTEGER,
11>     BillingDate        datetime,
12>     BillingTotal       INTEGER,
13>     TermsID            INTEGER,
14>     BillingDueDate     datetime ,
15>     PaymentTotal       INTEGER,
16>     CreditTotal        INTEGER
17>
18> );
19> GO
1>
2> INSERT INTO Billings VALUES (1, 1, '2005-01-22', 165, 1,'2005-04-22',123,321);
3> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> INSERT INTO Billings VALUES (2, 2, '2001-02-21', 165, 1,'2002-02-22',123,321);
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> INSERT INTO Billings VALUES (3, 3, '2003-05-02', 165, 1,'2005-04-12',123,321);
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> INSERT INTO Billings VALUES (4, 4, '1999-03-12', 165, 1,'2005-04-18',123,321);
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> INSERT INTO Billings VALUES (5, 5, '2000-04-23', 165, 1,'2005-04-17',123,321);
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> INSERT INTO Billings VALUES (6, 6, '2001-06-14', 165, 1,'2005-04-18',123,321);
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> INSERT INTO Billings VALUES (7, 7, '2002-07-15', 165, 1,'2005-04-19',123,321);
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> INSERT INTO Billings VALUES (8, 8, '2003-08-16', 165, 1,'2005-04-20',123,321);
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> INSERT INTO Billings VALUES (9, 9, '2004-09-17', 165, 1,'2005-04-21',123,321);
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> INSERT INTO Billings VALUES (0, 0, '2005-10-18', 165, 1,'2005-04-22',123,321);
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1>
2> SELECT TOP 5 WITH TIES BankerID, BillingDate
3> FROM Billings
4> ORDER BY BillingDate DESC
5>
6> GO
BankerID    BillingDate
----------- -----------------------
          0 2005-10-18 00:00:00.000
          1 2005-01-22 00:00:00.000
          9 2004-09-17 00:00:00.000
          8 2003-08-16 00:00:00.000
          3 2003-05-02 00:00:00.000

(5 rows affected)
1>
2>
3> drop table Billings;
4> GO

1.15.Top
	1.15.1.	TOP n Clause
	1.15.2.	TOP n Query with ORDER BY
	1.15.3.	Top Clause with the UPDATE statement.
	1.15.4.	Use TOP n clause with the DELETE statement.
	1.15.5.	A SELECT statement with a TOP clause
	1.15.6.	A SELECT statement with a TOP clause and the PERCENT keyword
	1.15.7.	A SELECT statement with a TOP clause and the WITH TIES keyword
	1.15.8.	A query that uses a derived table to retrieve the top 5 Bankers by average Billing total
	1.15.9.	Define variable for query top percent
	1.15.10.	Declare variable and use it in 'TOP PERCENT'