useing TOP clause in access db with ado.net

[Brian Henry]

how do you get the TOP clause to work in ADO.NET? I have tried this SELECT
TOP 1 NOTE FROM NOTES and that works, but soon as i raise the number past 1
it gives me the entire table back! I want the top 5 records not all of them,
how do you get this to work in ado.net with an access db.. thanks!

 

[William \(Bill\) Vaughn]

TOP is not recognized by Access/JET database engines. I suggest using a
BETWEEN clause in the WHERE clause if possible.

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[Brian Henry]

I can't say im really familiar with the between clause, what does it do?

 

[Paul Clement]

¤ TOP is not recognized by Access/JET database engines. I suggest using a
¤ BETWEEN clause in the WHERE clause if possible.

The TOP keyword is most definitely supported by Jet:

ACC2002: Reserved Words in Microsoft Access
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;286335


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Microsoft MVP (Visual Basic)

 

[William \(Bill\) Vaughn]

Yup, you're right. JET (and SQL Server) hasn't always supported TOP, but
more recent versions do.

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