Re: help on SQL

hi gergely,

thanks for replying..

what i mean is supposing there is a table with the following rows:

data
-----
1
2
3
4
5
6
7

is it possible to get every other N-row in the table?
example, if N is 3.
data
-----
1
4
7

thanks,
kenneth

Gergely Czuczy wrote:

On Wed, 21 Apr 2004, Kenneth Suralta wrote:

hello everyone,

is it possible to get every other row in the table?
like for example:
data
-----
1
2
3
4
5
6
7


SELECT t.fields FROM table t WHERE data NOT IN (SELECT t2.data FROM table
t2 WHERE some_whereclause);

it will select these rows which ones are not in the subquery. but you can
do it simply by getting the negate of the whereclause...


Is it possible to have this result (interval of 3)?

result
------
1
4
7


i don't see what you mean. please describe it.


thanks,
kenneth

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