Is there a way to split the results of a select query into two equal halfs?

Question

I need a solution for a select query in Sql Server 2005.

I\'d like to have a query returning two ResultSets each of which holding exactly half of all records matchin

Answer 1

try this:

DECLARE @CountOf int,@Top int,@Bottom int
SELECT @CountOf=COUNT(*) FROM YourTable
SET @Top=@CountOf/2
SET @Bottom=@CountOf-@Top
SELECT TOP (@Top) * FROM YourTable ORDER BY 1 asc --assumes column 1 is your PK
SELECT TOP (@Bottom) * FROM YourTable ORDER BY 1 desc --assumes column 1 is your PK