Question : SQL SERVER 2005 - SELECT top 4 query

Hello Experts,

I have a SELECT statement which gives me the top 4 products from the productranking table using below

SELECT TOP (4) ProductRanking.ProdID, ProductRanking.Ranking, ProductRanking.ProdImg,
Product.ProdName FROM ProductRanking INNER JOIN Product
ON ProductRanking.ProdID = Product.ProdID
ORDER BY ProductRanking.Ranking

I am now trying to get top 4 products picking top 2 from each category.
Please see below for the desired result

LORDLADYGIFTPACK 1      Name.gif        Star
ROSEGIFTPACK      2      LairD.gif        Laird
WINELEARNIT       4      NameD.gif      Rose
WORLDCOOKINGLEARNIT 5      Adopt.gif      AVine

I hope someone can help me in making the desired SQL for me?

Many thanks in advance

Regards
Kay

Answer : SQL SERVER 2005 - SELECT top 4 query

Here is updated query with your filter (it can be added to inside the CTE or outside. I chose outside for this example. What Brandon is indicating is that if SQL statements preceed the WITH statement it needs to be terminated by ; first so typically you will see my solution written as such to be safe.

                       
         
           
           
             ;WITH productCTE AS (
SELECT ProductRanking.ProdID, ProductRanking.Ranking, ProductRanking.ProdImg,
Product.ProdName, row_number() OVER (PARTITION BY ProductCategory.CatID ORDER BY ProductRanking.Ranking) AS categoryRanking,ProductCategory.CatID
FROM (ProductRanking INNER JOIN Product
 ON ProductRanking.ProdID = Product.ProdID)
INNER JOIN ProductCategory ON ProductCategory.ProdID = Product.ProdID
)
SELECT TOP (4) *
FROM productCTE
WHERE categoryRanking <= 2 AND catid IN ('PERS', 'LEAR')
ORDER BY ranking

           
         

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