{"id":197237,"date":"2025-07-14T05:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T04:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/?p=197237"},"modified":"2025-07-11T16:29:41","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T15:29:41","slug":"sql-limit-and-offset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/sql-limit-and-offset","title":{"rendered":"SQL LIMIT and OFFSET: Controlling Query Results"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"197237\" class=\"elementor elementor-197237\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3cdeb1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"e3cdeb1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-570ee8b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"570ee8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><strong>In most contexts, a table can contain thousands or even millions of rows. If you run a query that returns all records, it can overload your database, slow down performance, and make debugging harder.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>To prevent unnecessary load and display only what you need, SQL provides tools to limit your query results \u2014 namely, the LIMIT and OFFSET clauses.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1676b92 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"1676b92\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3a9869 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a3a9869\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">\ud83d\udccc Why Use LIMIT?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f53fd2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4f53fd2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are common use cases where LIMIT is extremely useful:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27cae0f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"27cae0f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\u2705 Situation 1: Data Preview<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-197cb81 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"197cb81\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you are just getting started and want to take a quick look at a table\u2019s content, there is no need to load the entire dataset. Use LIMIT to display the first few rows for a data preview.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9fb30ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9fb30ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\u2705 Situation 2: Top-N Analysis with ORDER BY<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb4f0e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eb4f0e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you want to know the top 10 bestsellers, most recent records, or highest-rated products, you can combine ORDER BY and LIMIT.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1c3c56 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d1c3c56\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\u2705 Situation 3: Data Sampling<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bf1de7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5bf1de7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are conducting exploratory analysis or testing a model, you may want to sample a subset of rows.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u27a1\ufe0f This gives you a manageable chunk of data to work with, especially from large tables.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-447abea elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"447abea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\u2705 Situation 4: Data Pagination<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f53c97 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1f53c97\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When working with dashboards, APIs, or web applications, you often need to paginate results \u2014 e.g., show 10 results per page.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9214d6e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9214d6e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/files\/2025\/07\/sql-limit-offset-controlling-query-results-datascientest-1.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-197556\" alt=\"Un utilisateur consultant un tableau de clients sur un \u00e9cran d&#039;ordinateur, illustrant l&#039;utilisation de SQL LIMIT et OFFSET pour contr\u00f4ler les r\u00e9sultats de requ\u00eates.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/files\/2025\/07\/sql-limit-offset-controlling-query-results-datascientest-1.webp 1536w, https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/files\/2025\/07\/sql-limit-offset-controlling-query-results-datascientest-1-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/files\/2025\/07\/sql-limit-offset-controlling-query-results-datascientest-1-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/files\/2025\/07\/sql-limit-offset-controlling-query-results-datascientest-1-768x512.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1231c7 elementor-align-center button-principal elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"e1231c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/data-courses\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Get to grips with SQL<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-153670d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"153670d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b23719 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6b23719\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">\ud83d\udee0 Example Table<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fabcbbb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fabcbbb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s say you are working with this customer table:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c96e3a elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"4c96e3a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n.tg  {border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0;}\r\n.tg td{border-color:black;border-style:solid;border-width:1px;font-family:Rubik, sans-serif;font-size:14px;\r\n  overflow:hidden;padding:10px 5px;word-break:normal;}\r\n.tg th{border-color:black;border-style:solid;border-width:1px;font-family:Rubik, sans-serif;font-size:14px;\r\n  font-weight:normal;overflow:hidden;padding:10px 5px;word-break:normal;}\r\n.tg .tg-0ki2{background-color:#073763;border-color:inherit;color:#FFF;font-size:18px;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;\r\n  vertical-align:top}\r\n.tg .tg-934y{background-color:#CFE2F3;border-color:inherit;font-size:18px;text-align:left;vertical-align:top}\r\n<\/style>\r\n<table class=\"tg\" style=\"undefined;table-layout: fixed; width: 800px\"><colgroup>\r\n<col style=\"width: 150px\">\r\n<col style=\"width: 100px\">\r\n<col style=\"width: 100px\">\r\n<col style=\"width: 150px\">\r\n<col style=\"width: 150px\">\r\n<col style=\"width: 150px\">\r\n<\/colgroup>\r\n<thead>\r\n  <tr>\r\n    <th class=\"tg-0ki2\">customer_id<\/th>\r\n    <th class=\"tg-0ki2\">first_name<\/th>\r\n    <th class=\"tg-0ki2\">last_name<\/th>\r\n    <th class=\"tg-0ki2\">email<\/th>\r\n    <th class=\"tg-0ki2\">email_verified<\/th>\r\n    <th class=\"tg-0ki2\">phone_number<\/th>\r\n  <\/tr><\/thead>\r\n<tbody>\r\n  <tr>\r\n    <td class=\"tg-934y\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;color:#000;background-color:transparent\">101<\/span><\/td>\r\n    <td class=\"tg-934y\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;color:#000;background-color:transparent\">John<\/span><\/td>\r\n    <td class=\"tg-934y\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;color:#000;background-color:transparent\">Doe<\/span><\/td>\r\n    <td class=\"tg-934y\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;color:#000;background-color:transparent\">john@email.com<\/span><\/td>\r\n    <td class=\"tg-934y\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;color:#000;background-color:transparent\">Y<\/span><\/td>\r\n    <td class=\"tg-934y\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;color:#000;background-color:transparent\">0912...<\/span><\/td>\r\n  <\/tr>\r\n  <tr>\r\n    <td class=\"tg-934y\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;color:#000;background-color:transparent\">102<\/span><\/td>\r\n    <td class=\"tg-934y\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;color:#000;background-color:transparent\">Jane<\/span><\/td>\r\n    <td class=\"tg-934y\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;color:#000;background-color:transparent\">Smith<\/span><\/td>\r\n    <td class=\"tg-934y\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;color:#000;background-color:transparent\">NULL<\/span><\/td>\r\n    <td class=\"tg-934y\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;color:#000;background-color:transparent\">NULL<\/span><\/td>\r\n    <td class=\"tg-934y\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;color:#000;background-color:transparent\">0933...<\/span><\/td>\r\n  <\/tr>\r\n  <tr>\r\n    <td class=\"tg-934y\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;color:#000;background-color:transparent\">103<\/span><\/td>\r\n    <td class=\"tg-934y\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;color:#000;background-color:transparent\">Mike<\/span><\/td>\r\n    <td class=\"tg-934y\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;color:#000;background-color:transparent\">Lee<\/span><\/td>\r\n    <td class=\"tg-934y\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;color:#000;background-color:transparent\">''<\/span><\/td>\r\n    <td class=\"tg-934y\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;color:#000;background-color:transparent\">N<\/span><\/td>\r\n    <td class=\"tg-934y\"><\/td>\r\n  <\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody><\/table>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3db0313 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3db0313\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<pre><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SELECT *\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FROM customers<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ORDER BY customer_id<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LIMIT 2;<\/span><\/pre>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f2076f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f2076f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>\u27a1\ufe0f This would return rows 1 and 2.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e61a223 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e61a223\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<pre><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SELECT *\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FROM customers<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ORDER BY customer_id<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LIMIT 2 OFFSET 1;<\/span><\/pre>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-252e69e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"252e69e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>\u27a1\ufe0f This would return rows 2 and 3, effectively paginating the results.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97e2746 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"97e2746\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/files\/2025\/07\/sql-limit-offset-controlling-query-results-datascientest-2.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-197560\" alt=\"Un analyste de donn\u00e9es examinant une table dans une interface de requ\u00eate SQL, illustrant l&#039;utilisation des commandes LIMIT et OFFSET pour le contr\u00f4le des r\u00e9sultats de requ\u00eate.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/files\/2025\/07\/sql-limit-offset-controlling-query-results-datascientest-2.webp 1536w, 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class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Become an SQL expert<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a17237 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"1a17237\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ddc291c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ddc291c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">\ud83e\udde0 How is LIMIT Different from TOP and FETCH FIRST?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47c5815 elementor-widget 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style=\"font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;color:#FFF;background-color:transparent\">Example<\/span><\/th>\r\n  <\/tr><\/thead>\r\n<tbody>\r\n  <tr>\r\n    <td class=\"tg-nbu6\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;color:#000;background-color:transparent\">LIMIT \/ OFFSET<\/span><\/td>\r\n    <td class=\"tg-nbu6\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;color:#000;background-color:transparent\">MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite<\/span><\/td>\r\n    <td class=\"tg-nbu6\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;color:#000;background-color:transparent\">SELECT * <\/span><br><span style=\"font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;color:#000;background-color:transparent\">FROM table <\/span><br><span style=\"font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;color:#000;background-color:transparent\">LIMIT 10 OFFSET 20;<\/span><\/td>\r\n  <\/tr>\r\n  <tr>\r\n    <td class=\"tg-nbu6\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;color:#000;background-color:transparent\">TOP<\/span><\/td>\r\n    <td class=\"tg-nbu6\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;color:#000;background-color:transparent\">SQL Server<\/span><\/td>\r\n    <td class=\"tg-nbu6\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;color:#000;background-color:transparent\">SELECT TOP 10 * <\/span><br><span style=\"font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;color:#000;background-color:transparent\">FROM table;<\/span><\/td>\r\n  <\/tr>\r\n  <tr>\r\n    <td class=\"tg-nbu6\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;color:#000;background-color:transparent\">FETCH FIRST<\/span><\/td>\r\n    <td class=\"tg-nbu6\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;color:#000;background-color:transparent\">ANSI SQL \/ Oracle \/ newer SQL Server versions<\/span><\/td>\r\n    <td 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