SQL - Select first 10 rows only?

Question

How do I select only the first 10 results of a query?

I would like to display only the first 10 results from the following query:

SELECT a.names,
            


        

Answer 1

In SQL server, use:

select top 10 ...

e.g.

select top 100 * from myTable
select top 100 colA, colB from myTable

In MySQL, use:

select ... order by num desc limit 10