Row numbers in query result using Microsoft Access

Question

I always use this query in sql server to get Row number in a table:

SELECT *
FROM   (SELECT *,
               Row_number()
                 OVER(
                    


        

Answer 1

MS-Access doesn't support ROW_NUMBER(). Use TOP 1:

SELECT TOP 1 *
FROM [MyTable]
ORDER BY [MyIdentityCOlumn]

If you need the 15th row - MS-Access has no simple, built-in, way to do this. You can simulate the rownumber by using reverse nested ordering to get this:

SELECT TOP 1 *
FROM (
  SELECT TOP 15 *
  FROM [MyTable]
  ORDER BY [MyIdentityColumn] ) t
ORDER BY [MyIdentityColumn] DESC