>>>>Hi,
>>>>
>>>>Is there SQL Select that can be used to select X number of records without using TOP (I find TOP is too slow). The SQL Select will have a WHERE expression but I want to return only certain number of records even if WHERE finds more.
>>>>
>>>>TIA.
>>>
>>>In SQL Server 2005 and up look up paging with ROW_NUMBER() function.
>>>
>>>It will require a derived table approach or CTE
>>>

>>>;with cte as (select ..., row_number() over (ORDER BY myOrder) as Row from myTable)
>>>
>>>select .. from cte where Row <= @SomeNumber ORDER BY Row

>>
>>Thank you. I might use this approach when having SQL Server database. But in this case I need it to work for VFP data.
>
>I see - in this case I suggest:

>
>select T.myFields from myTable T inner join (select top N PkField from myTable
> where myCondition order by myField) X on T.PkField = X.PkField

Thanks