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 standard SQL you can use:

... FETCH FIRST 10 ROWS ONLY

This is supported in DB2, PostgreSQL and Oracle 12.1 (and later)