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A SELECT statement with a TOP clause and the WITH TIES keyword
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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
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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
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