BorlandTalk.com Borland discussion newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  How to select only first record into query?          BorlandTalk.com Forum Index -> Delphi Databases (SQL Servers) View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Hermann Guest Posted: Sun May 16, 2004 2:59 pm    Post subject: How to select only first record into query? Hi all, I want the query only returns one record, because I use into clause in select statement to get returned parameters. Is "select distinct ..." a correct method? Thanks in advance Hermann Back to top Bill Todd (TeamB) Guest Posted: Sun May 16, 2004 4:15 pm    Post subject: Re: How to select only first record into query? It is very difficult to answer database questions when you do not tell us what database and version you are using. -- Bill (TeamB) (TeamB cannot respond to questions received via email) Back to top Hermann Guest Posted: Sun May 16, 2004 5:31 pm    Post subject: Re: How to select only first record into query? Hi bill, I use dbexpress to access ms sql server 2000 database. the query uses TSQLQuery component. TIA Hermann "Bill Todd (TeamB)" <no (AT) no (DOT) com> ??????:tr4fa0luu9cinjm72e60krf72dllvem10h (AT) 4ax (DOT) com... Quote: It is very difficult to answer database questions when you do not tell us what database and version you are using. -- Bill (TeamB) (TeamB cannot respond to questions received via email) Back to top Bill Todd (TeamB) Guest Posted: Sun May 16, 2004 6:52 pm    Post subject: Re: How to select only first record into query? SELCT TOP 1 CompanyName from Customer ORDER BY StartDate See TOP in Books Online. -- Bill (TeamB) (TeamB cannot respond to questions received via email) Back to top Robert MacLean Guest Posted: Mon May 17, 2004 6:05 am    Post subject: Re: How to select only first record into query? Hermann <herman.wz (AT) mail (DOT) com> wrote: Quote: I want the query only returns one record In MySQL use LIMIT and in SQL Server use TOP Quote: Is "select distinct ..." a correct method? Yes and No, distinct is for selecting records based on something distinct. So say you had a key field and did a distinct with that it should return 1 value. 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