Question : Using alternative to LIMIT command and using INNER JOIN in MS SQL Query

Hi,

I have the follwoing SQL:

SELECT     a.ContactID, a.CompanyID, a.ContactPrefix, a.ContactFName, a.ContactLName, a.ContactSurfix, a.ContactJobTitle, a.ContactPhone, a.ContactEmail,
                      b.CompanyName, b.CompanyPhone, b.CompanySegment, a.ContactMobile, a.ContactCustRelat, a.ContactAccntMng, a.ContactNotes,
                      b.CompanyFascimile, b.CompanyWeb, a.ContactRcdMng
FROM         Contact a INNER JOIN
                      Company b ON a.CompanyID = b.CompanyID
WHERE     (b.CompanySegment LIKE 'Finance') AND (a.ContactRemoved IS NULL) AND (b.CompanyRemoved IS NULL)
ORDER BY a.ContactID

This works fine but I also want to add a 'LIMIT' function.

I have the following code which performs the alternative to MySQL LIMIT command.

SELECT     contactid, contactlname
FROM         (SELECT     TOP 15 contactid, contactlname
                       FROM          (SELECT     TOP 45 contactid, contactlname
                                               FROM          contact
                                               ORDER BY contactid ASC) AS newtbl
                       ORDER BY contactid DESC) newtbl2
ORDER BY contactid

I need to use get the LIMIT capability of the second query into the first.

The reason for this is that I am using AJAX to call SQL lines on demand.

Any help would be really appreciated.

Thank you,

SC69

Answer : Using alternative to LIMIT command and using INNER JOIN in MS SQL Query

I think I see the problem.  I think reusing the "a" prefix in the subquery was messing it up.  Try

SELECT     a.ContactID, a.CompanyID, a.ContactPrefix, a.ContactFName, a.ContactLName, a.ContactSurfix, a.ContactJobTitle, a.ContactPhone, a.ContactEmail,
                      b.CompanyName, b.CompanyPhone, b.CompanySegment, a.ContactMobile, a.ContactCustRelat, a.ContactAccntMng, a.ContactNotes,
                      b.CompanyFascimile, b.CompanyWeb, a.ContactRcdMng
FROM         Contact a INNER JOIN
                      Company b ON a.CompanyID = b.CompanyID
WHERE     (b.CompanySegment LIKE 'Finance') AND (a.ContactRemoved IS NULL) AND (b.CompanyRemoved IS NULL) AND (a.ContactID IN
                          (SELECT     TOP 15 contactid
                            FROM          (SELECT     TOP 45 contactid
                                                    FROM          contact
                                                    ORDER BY contactid ASC)
                            ORDER BY contactid DESC))
ORDER BY a.ContactID