I would use
SELECT id FROM table ORDER BY id LIMIT 0, 3;
in order to get the top 3 results. The key is "Limit" keyword.
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Wei Weng
Network Software Engineer
KenCast Inc.
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> [mailto:pgsql-sql-owner@postgresql.org]On Behalf Of Yoann
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> Subject: [SQL] Which SQL query makes it possible to optain the 3
> greatest values of an interger list ?
>
>
> OO( Sql Problem )Oo.
>
> That is to say a table of 5 inputs of 1 integer field :
>
> Table = { (1); (12); (3); (9); (4) }
>
> We want to obtain a result of 1 input of 3 fields,
> corresponding to the 3 greatest values of Table,
> by descending order :
>
> Result = { (12; 9; 4) }
>
> => Which SQL query makes it possible to obtain Result from Table ?
> We certainly need to use sub-queries, but how ?
>
> Thank you in advance for your help !
>
> Yoann AUBINEAU
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