RE: Against the Grain: Pascal commentary about XML and databases

[Jeff Lowery <jlowery@scenicsoft.com>]

A former colleague of mine informed me that SQL Server (at least) supports a
"TOP n" join, but I still would argue that it's not a fundamentally
*relational* query.

I must end now, it's time for my lunch...

> Bah! Pfui! (I've been reading Nero Wolfe stories again, don't 
> mind me).
> Create a view to get the top five, then use that view to roll 
> them up in a
> query.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Tom P
> 
> 
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