Sign Up

Sign Up to our social questions and Answers Engine to ask questions, answer people’s questions, and connect with other people.

Have an account? Sign In

Have an account? Sign In Now

Sign In

Login to our social questions & Answers Engine to ask questions answer people’s questions & connect with other people.

Sign Up Here

Forgot Password?

Don't have account, Sign Up Here

Forgot Password

Lost your password? Please enter your email address. You will receive a link and will create a new password via email.

Have an account? Sign In Now

You must login to ask a question.

Forgot Password?

Need An Account, Sign Up Here

Please briefly explain why you feel this question should be reported.

Please briefly explain why you feel this answer should be reported.

Please briefly explain why you feel this user should be reported.

Sign InSign Up

The Archive Base

The Archive Base Logo The Archive Base Logo

The Archive Base Navigation

  • SEARCH
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Blog
  • Contact Us
Search
Ask A Question

Mobile menu

Close
Ask a Question
  • Home
  • Add group
  • Groups page
  • Feed
  • User Profile
  • Communities
  • Questions
    • New Questions
    • Trending Questions
    • Must read Questions
    • Hot Questions
  • Polls
  • Tags
  • Badges
  • Buy Points
  • Users
  • Help
  • Buy Theme
  • SEARCH
Home/ Questions/Q 6772817
In Process

The Archive Base Latest Questions

Editorial Team
  • 0
Editorial Team
Asked: May 26, 20262026-05-26T15:35:36+00:00 2026-05-26T15:35:36+00:00

What is the correct SQL statement if i wish to select the biggest 5

  • 0

What is the correct SQL statement if i wish to select the biggest 5 integer rows in the column “id”?

Currently i have something which is only getting id that are less than 5:

SELECT * FROM table WHERE id < 5
  • 1 1 Answer
  • 0 Views
  • 0 Followers
  • 0
Share
  • Facebook
  • Report

Leave an answer
Cancel reply

You must login to add an answer.

Forgot Password?

Need An Account, Sign Up Here

1 Answer

  • Voted
  • Oldest
  • Recent
  • Random
  1. Editorial Team
    Editorial Team
    2026-05-26T15:35:37+00:00Added an answer on May 26, 2026 at 3:35 pm
    SELECT * FROM mytable ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT 5 
    
    • 0
    • Reply
    • Share
      Share
      • Share on Facebook
      • Share on Twitter
      • Share on LinkedIn
      • Share on WhatsApp
      • Report

Sidebar

Related Questions

Let's say I have an SQL statement that's syntactically and semantically correct so it
I have the following SQL statement: USE ws_results_db_2011_09_11_09_06_24;SELECT table_name FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.Tables WHERE table_name like
I have a problem with a SQL statement: Using this select a.id as ID,
I am having quite a hard time getting to build the correct SQL statement
I have the following SQL statement: SELECT 420, DueDate, ISNULL(Amount, 0) FROM Payments WHERE
I have issued the SQL statement below : SELECT GATNR ,GITNO ,GBANO ,MAX (CASE
MS SQL Server doesn't have row level triggers, correct? If I needed to insert
I have always been confused that .e,g in php i have sql statement $qry
I've been refactoring a huge dynamic SQL statement, and think I may have hit
I'm building a website and I have tested this sql statement on the production

Explore

  • Home
  • Add group
  • Groups page
  • Communities
  • Questions
    • New Questions
    • Trending Questions
    • Must read Questions
    • Hot Questions
  • Polls
  • Tags
  • Badges
  • Users
  • Help
  • SEARCH

Footer

© 2021 The Archive Base. All Rights Reserved
With Love by The Archive Base

Insert/edit link

Enter the destination URL

Or link to existing content

    No search term specified. Showing recent items. Search or use up and down arrow keys to select an item.