Question

I have a SQL Server table with the following structure

cod_turn (PrimaryKey)
taken    (bit)
time     (datetime)

and several other fields which are irrelevant to the problem. I cant alter the table structure because the app was made by someone else.

given a numeric variable parameter, which we will assume to be “3” for this example, and a time, I need to create a query which looking from that time on, it looks the first 3 consecutive records which are not marked as “taken”. I cant figure out how to make the query in pure sql, if possible.

PS: I accepted the answer because it was correct, but I made a bad description of the problem. I will open another question later. Feeling stupid after seeing the size of the answers =)

Answer 1

SELECT TOP 3 * FROM table WHERE taken = 0 AND time>=@Time ORDER BY time 

Where @Time is whatever time you pass in.