Hi Everyone,
How to get fist and last record from a table in oracle?

Thanks in advance

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Hi Everyone, How to get fist and last record from a table in oracle? Thanks in advance..

Answer / rajesh venati

select * from table_name where rownum=1
union
select * from table_name where rowid=(select max(rowid) from
table_name);

Is This Answer Correct ?    27 Yes 5 No

Hi Everyone, How to get fist and last record from a table in oracle? Thanks in advance..

Answer / rajesh venati

this will also work

select * from table_name where rowid=(select min(rowid) from
table_name)
union
select * from table_name where rowid=(select max(rowid) from
table_name);

Is This Answer Correct ?    23 Yes 2 No

Hi Everyone, How to get fist and last record from a table in oracle? Thanks in advance..

Answer / chandana

select * from table_name
where rowid in ((select min(rowid) from table_name),
(select max(rowid) from table_name));

Is This Answer Correct ?    8 Yes 0 No

Hi Everyone, How to get fist and last record from a table in oracle? Thanks in advance..

Answer / ramesh

Select * from table_name where rowid =(select min(rowid)
from tanle_name)
union
select * from table_name where rowid = (select max(rowid0
from table_name);

Is This Answer Correct ?    5 Yes 2 No

Hi Everyone, How to get fist and last record from a table in oracle? Thanks in advance..

Answer / samr

use Northwind
go

select top(1) * from Orders
union
select * from orders where orderid =
(select MAX(OrderID) from Orders)

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Hi Everyone, How to get fist and last record from a table in oracle? Thanks in advance..

Answer / venkyhulk1

select *
from (select rownum r, e.* from emp e)
where r in ((select max(rownum) from (select rownum , e.*
from emp e)),(select min(rownum) from (select rownum , e.*
from emp e)))


this querry will get the first and last records of the table
with respect to the way the data is stored in the table

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Hi Everyone, How to get fist and last record from a table in oracle? Thanks in advance..

Answer / ataullah

Select * from emp where rowid=(select max(rowid) from emp) or rowid=(select min(rowid) from emp)

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Hi Everyone, How to get fist and last record from a table in oracle? Thanks in advance..

Answer / ashwani kumar singh

SELECT * FROM EMP WHERE ROWNUM < 2
UNION
SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM EMP ORDER BY EMPNO DESC )
WHERE ROWNUM < 2

Is This Answer Correct ?    1 Yes 2 No

Hi Everyone, How to get fist and last record from a table in oracle? Thanks in advance..

Answer / nitinmukhraiya

Rownum and RowID displays the results faster than others -

select * from <Table_Name> where rownum=1
union
select * from (select * from <Table_Name> order by rownum desc) where rownum=1

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Hi Everyone, How to get fist and last record from a table in oracle? Thanks in advance..

Answer / gourav

select * from emp(table name)
where rownum = 1 and 30



this query will display the first and last record


for eg rownum start from 1 and rownum last record is 30..by
execute this query u wil get frst and last reord

Is This Answer Correct ?    0 Yes 2 No

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