Select Top N Records Ordered by X, But Have Results in Reverse Order

Question

I\'m trying to get the top N records (when ordered by some column X), but have the result set in reverse order. The following statement is incorrect, but pr

Answer 1

SELECT * FROM 
   (SELECT TOP 10 * FROM FooTable ORDER BY X DESC) as myAlias 
ORDER BY X ASC 

i.e. you might need an alias on your subquery, but other than that it should work.