Luis Cazares (8/29/2012)
Another option:
;with MyRank (col1)
as
(
select 5 union all
select 4 union all
select 3 union all
select 2 union all
select 1 union all
select 1 union all
select 1
)
SELECT TOP 5 col1
FROM MyRank
GROUP BY col1
HAVING COUNT(*) = 1
ORDER BY col1
That doesn't quite meet the requirements. If for example they wanted to top 7 this code would not work because it would not return a row where col1 = 1.
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