mySQL Returning the top 5 of each category

Question

I want to be able to return 5 menuitem per menu. I\'ve tried this several script but had no luck. here are the tables

menus
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menuid int()
profileName          


        

Answer 1

SELECT TOP 5 m.profilename, s.name
FROM menus m INNER JOIN menuitems s ON m.menuID = s.menuid