Question

Ive got table with columns:

PlayerId
Points

I would like to get 100 best players (the more points player have, the better he is). What would be the quesry for that ?

Im using sql server 2008

Answer 1

What happens when two or more players have the same points?, or even worse, what happens if you have 120 players with the maximum points. You should use a query that returns every one of those players. I recommend that you use RANK if this is the case.

;WITH CTE AS
(
    SELECT *, RANK() OVER(ORDER BY Points DESC) RN
    FROM Players
)
SELECT *
FROM CTE
WHERE RN <= 100