Select the first row in a join of two tables in one statement

Question

I need to select only the first row from a query that joins tables A and B. On table B exist multiple records with same name. There are not identifiers in any of the two tab

Answer 1

You can use row number to get one row for each name, try something like below

Select name,data1,data2 from 
(Select A.NAME,B.DATA1,B.DATA2,row_number() over(partitioj by a.name order by a.name) rn
From A 
Inner Join B on A.NAME = B.NAME) where rn=1