Microsoft KB Archive/46168

= INF: Effect of SET ROWCOUNT on SELECT with ORDER BY =

Article ID: 46168

Article Last Modified on 3/14/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft SQL Server 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q46168



The following information discusses how a SELECT statement with an ORDER BY clause is affected by the SET ROWCOUNT statement.

The SET ROWCOUNT statement places a limit on the number of rows that are returned to the client application. It has no other effect on processing. All of the rows will be sorted and any aggregate functions will operate on the complete results set, even if the complete results set is not returned to the client application.

Additional query words: Transact-SQL

Keywords: kbprogramming KB46168

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