Luis Cazares (8/29/2012)
I tested my last solution and won't give the exact results.Try this instead:
;with MyRank (col1)
as
(
select 6 union all
select 5 union all
select 4 union all
select 3 union all
select 2 union all
select 2 union all
select 1
), MyRank2
as
(
SELECT TOP 5 col1, COUNT(*) AS RCount
FROM MyRank
GROUP BY col1
)
SELECT col1
FROM MyRank2
WHERE RCount = 1
Still not quite right. You have a TOP but not Order By. Which top 5 will it get?
Adding the order by seems to get it though.
;with MyRank (col1)
as
(
select 6 union all
select 5 union all
select 4 union all
select 3 union all
select 2 union all
select 2 union all
select 1
), MyRank2
as
(
SELECT TOP 5 col1, COUNT(*) AS RCount
FROM MyRank
GROUP BY col1
order by col1 desc --Need this order by to ensure which top 5
)
SELECT col1
FROM MyRank2
WHERE RCount = 1
This seems to have a slightly simpler execution plan than mine too. 😛 We have certainly proven there is more than 1 way to do this. I am sure somebody will come along with another one within a couple hours.
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