How to select bottom most rows?

sql sql-server database select keyword
CloudMeta picture CloudMeta · Dec 9, 2009 · Viewed 269.4k times · Source

I can do SELECT TOP (200) ... but why not BOTTOM (200)?

Well not to get into philosophy what I mean is, how can I do the equivalent of TOP (200) but in reverse (from the bottom, like you'd expect BOTTOM to do...)?

Answer

Justin Ethier picture Justin Ethier · Dec 9, 2009

It is unnecessary. You can use an ORDER BY and just change the sort to DESC to get the same effect.

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