Question

I’m trying to retrive the 10 biggest numbers from a table called bonus.

But I’m getting this error message:

Incorrect syntax near 'LIMIT'

My code:

SELECT cust_nr, period1_bonus FROM bonus ORDER BY period1_bonus DESC LIMIT 10

Answer 1

Since this question is also tagged w/ c#, I’m assuming you’re also interested in executing this in c#. Here is the linq-to-sql equivalent of the SQL code.

public IEnumerable<Bonus> GetHighestValues()
{
    var query = (from b in _context.bonus
                 take 10                     
                 orderby b.period1_bonus descending
                 select b);
    return query;
}

Edit – I see that the c# tag has now been removed from the question. Still, my answer might help you (or others).